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Spot Forecast for RED FIRE...USFS
National Weather Service Pendleton OR
510 PM PDT Thu Sep 26 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1700 PDT on September 26.
***Winds are 20 foot 10-minute averages***
***CWR-Chance of wetting rain 0.10 or greater***

If you have questions or concerns with this forecast, please
contact our office at (541) 276-8134.

.DISCUSSION...South central Oregon will be under a dry west-southwest flow through
the end of the week.  Friday will be a little warmer but the RHs will be similar to
today, and winds will predominantly be terrain driven.


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....65-68.
Min humidity........27-32 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West around 5 mph.
Ridgetop wind.......Southwest around 10 mph.
Mixing height.......1500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West around 12 mph.
Haines Index........2 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (5-15 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....41-44.
Max humidity........63-68 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West 5-7 mph.
Ridgetop wind.......Southwest around 10 mph.
Mixing height.......1500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West around 7 mph.
Haines Index........2 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 70.
Min humidity........29-34 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming east around 5 mph in the
                    afternoon.
Ridgetop wind.......Southwest around 10 mph shifting to the South-Southeast
                    5-7 mph late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......4000 ft AGL by mid morning.
Transport winds.....South around 5 mph.
Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

$$

Forecaster...Wister
Requested by...ROSS FIELDER
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2423114.0/PDT
.DELDT 09/26/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL WILLIAM.FIELDER@USDA.GOV