Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Pendleton, OR
Issued by NWS Pendleton, OR
223 FNUS76 KPDT 122341 FWSPDT Spot Forecast for Irene Rinehart FIre...Kittitas Valley Fire and Rescue National Weather Service Pendleton OR 441 PM PDT Wed Jun 12 2024 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1800 PDT on June 12. ***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...Dry conditions are expected through Friday. Breezy northwest winds are expected through the evening, but then should decrease overnight tonight and through Thursday. Winds should then increase again late Thursday night into Friday. MIN RH values on Thursday will be around 15 to 20 percent with moderate recovery tonight and moderate to good recovery Thursday night. .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (20-30 percent). CWR.................0 percent. LAL.................1. Min temperature.....46-49. Max humidity........47-52 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts 25 to 30 mph early. Decreasing to 5 to 10 mph overnight. Ridgetop wind.......Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts 25 to 30 mph early, becoming southerly and decreasing to 5 to 10 mph by daybreak. Mixing height.......700 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northwest around 16 mph. Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. .THURSDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent) then becoming partly sunny (60-70 percent). CWR.................0 percent. LAL.................1. Max temperature.....80-83. Min humidity........14-19 percent. Wind (20 ft)........West winds around 5 mph shifting to the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon. Ridgetop wind.......South to southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Mixing height.......6400 ft AGL. Transport winds.....South around 5 mph. Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. .THURSDAY NIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent) then becoming mostly clear (0-10 percent). CWR.................0 percent. LAL.................1. Min temperature.....Around 50. Max humidity........54-59 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph, with gusts 25 to 35 mph by morning. Ridgetop wind.......Southwest winds becoming west and increasing to 25 to 30 mph with gusts as high as 35 mph by daybreak. Mixing height.......800 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northwest around 22 mph. Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. $$ Forecaster...Nierenberg Requested by...KVFR/Chris Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2416055.0/PDT .DELDT 06/12/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL kittcom@kittcom.gov