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Spot Forecast for South Fork...USDA Forest Service
National Weather Service Pendleton OR
510 PM PDT Tue Jul 2 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1700 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***

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

.DISCUSSION...The upper level ridge will continue to bring very dry
air along with it. The dry air will lead to moderate daytime RH
values falling near 45% today and dropping to near 30% tomorrow.
Overnight recoveries will be in the good range cresting 70%. Winds
will be mostly from the north and northwest with sustained winds
between 10 to 14 mph decreasing slightly to 5 to 8 mph this evening
near 7PM and overnight before increasing back to and shifting more
west at 5 to 7 mph around 8 AM. Winds will be slightly higher along
the ridgelines.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 70.
Min humidity........42-48 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West-northwest winds 10 to 14 mph.
Ridgetop wind.......West-northwest 15 to 18 mph.
Mixing height.......3700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West around 17 mph.
Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated
                    fire growth.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear (0-10 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 50.
Max humidity........73-78 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West-northwest winds 5 to 8 mph.
Ridgetop wind.......West-northwest winds 10 to 13 mph.
Mixing height.......800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West around 16 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.....71-74.
Min humidity........25-30 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 5 to 7 mph.
Ridgetop wind.......West winds 7 to 9 mph.
Mixing height.......6000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 10 mph.
Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated
                    fire growth.

$$
Forecaster...Bennese
Requested by...Joshua James
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2417149.3/PDT
.DELDT 07/02/24
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.EMAIL joshua.james@usda.gov