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Spot Forecast for Honker Unit 770...USFS WIF
National Weather Service Portland OR
336 AM PDT Fri Jun 14 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0600 PDT on June 14.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...Bit cooler with onshore flow continuing today. Weak
front will bring increasing clouds today, but will remain dry.
However, cooler air aloft arrives on tonight and Saturday,
increasing instability over the region, resulting in a better
chance of showers for late tonight into Saturday.


.TODAY (14 JUNE)...
Sky/weather.........Partly sunny.
CWR.................near 0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....65-69.
Min humidity........35-40 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Variable 0-3 mph, becoming west 3-5 mph
                       by afternoon.
 Ridgetop...........West to southwest 2-5 mph, becoming west
                       to southwest 6-9 mph by afternoon.
Mixing height.......5000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 10 to 15 mph.
Haines Index........4 (low).
Haines Index (Mid)..4 (low).

  TIME (PDT)        9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
  Temp............   50  54  59  60  62  64  66  65  63
  RH..............   63  55  44  39  37  37  38  39  42
  20 FT wind dir..    N   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
  20 FT wind spd..    1   2   3   4   5   5   5   5   5
  20 FT wind gust.    2   5   6   8   9   9  11  11  11


.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Partly to mostly cloudy. Chance of
                    showers in evening, then showers likely.
CWR.................20 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....40-45.
Max humidity........above 90 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......West 3-5 mph early, then drainage.
 Ridgetop...........west 6-9 mph until 2200, then easing
                       to 3-6 mph.
Mixing height.......1500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 15 mph.
Haines Index........4 (low).
Haines Index (Mid)..4 (low).

  TIME (PDT)         6PM 7PM 8PM
  Temp............    61  59  55
  RH..............    46  52  60
  20 FT wind dir..     W   W   W
  20 FT wind spd..     5   5   5
  20 FT wind gust.    11  10  10


.SATURDAY (15 JUNE)...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy then becoming partly cloudy.
                    Showers, decreasing later in the afternoon.
CWR.................20 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....58-62.
Min humidity........50-55 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Variable 0-2 mph, becoming west 3-6 mph.
 Ridgetop...........West 2-5 mph, increasing to 5-8 mph by early
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......5500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 15 to 20 mph.
Haines Index........2 (very low).
Haines Index (Mid)..3 (very low).


$$
Forecaster...Rockey
Requested by...Dirk Rogers
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2416031.2/PQR
.DELDT 06/14/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL dirk.rogers@usda.gov