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Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Pendleton, OR
Issued by NWS Pendleton, OR
928 FNUS76 KPDT 040019 FWSPDT Spot Forecast for Darlene 3 Fire...USFS National Weather Service Pendleton OR 519 PM PDT Wed Jul 3 2024 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 PDT on July 04. ***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...High pressure will begin to move into the area over the upcoming weekend, leading to a long-lasting heat wave expected to persist for as much as the next week. Winds will generally be light and terrain-driven less than 12 mph during this period, coming primarily from the north during the day and becoming light and variable overnight. .INDEPENDENCE DAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent). CWR.................0 percent. LAL.................1. Max temperature.....93-96. Min humidity........6-11 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light Southeast winds early, becoming North at 3 to 7 mph in the afternoon. Mixing height.......7800 ft AGL by the afternoon. Transport winds.....Light Southeast winds early, becoming North-Northwest around 7 mph in the afternoon. Haines Index........4 to 5 or low to moderate potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (PDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Temp............43 49 57 66 74 80 85 89 91 93 93 93 RH..............60 55 47 35 25 19 15 12 11 11 11 11 20 FT wind dir..SE SE S W W N N N NE NE NE NE 20 FT wind spd..3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 20 FT wind gust. 5 5 5 7 7 7 10 10 10 10 .THURSDAY NIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (5-15 percent). CWR.................0 percent. LAL.................1. Min temperature.....Around 50. Max humidity........47-52 percent. Wind (20 ft)........North winds 4 to 7 mph in the evening, becoming light overnight. Mixing height.......6200 ft AGL early in the evening, then near-surface overnight. Transport winds.....North winds around 6 mph, becoming light overnight. Haines Index........5 or moderate potential for large plume dominated fire growth. .FRIDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent). CWR.................0 percent. LAL.................1. Max temperature.....99-102. Min humidity........4-9 percent. Wind (20 ft)........East winds around 5 mph early, becoming North-Northeast 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Mixing height.......9800 ft AGL by the afternoon. Transport winds.....Light winds becoming North around 10 mph in the afternoon. Haines Index........5 or moderate potential for large plume dominated fire growth. $$ Forecaster...Evans Requested by...Tyler Strauss Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2417357.0/PDT .DELDT 07/03/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL tyler.strauss@usda.gov