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Spot Forecast for Darlene 3...USFS
National Weather Service Pendleton OR
317 PM PDT Tue Jul 2 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 PDT on July 02.
***Thunderstorms imply gusty and erratic winds***
***Winds are 20 foot 10-minute averages***
***CWR-Chance of wetting rain 0.10 or greater***

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.DISCUSSION...The upper level ridge will continue to bring very
dry air along with it. The dry air will lead to poor daytime RH
values falling below 20% today and below 15% tomorrow. Overnight
recoveries will be in the good range creating 70%. Winds will be
mostly from the north and northwest with sustained winds between
5 to 10 mph becoming light this evening around 10 PM. Winds tomorrow
will begin light before increasing back to north northwest at 5 to 7
mph around 2 PM.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-5 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....80-83.
Min humidity........15-20 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
Mixing height.......6100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 8 mph.
Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated
                    fire growth.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear (0-5 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 40.
Max humidity........65-70 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph in the evening
                    becoming light around 10 PM.
Mixing height.......600 ft AGL in the evening and overnight.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 7 mph.
Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated
                    fire growth.

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-5 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....85-88.
Min humidity........7-12 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming north 5 to 7 mph in
                    the afternoon around 2 PM.
Mixing height.......5600 ft AGL early in the morning.
Transport winds.....North around 10 mph.
Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated
                    fire growth.

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Forecaster...Bennese
Requested by...Natalie Kuntz
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 07/02/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL tyler.strauss@usda.gov,kevin.cahill@usda.gov