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Spot Forecast for Day Ridge...USFS WWF
National Weather Service Pendleton OR
705 PM PDT Thu Sep 26 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0800 PDT on September 27.
***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...A slight warming and drying trend is in store through
Saturday with winds primarily light and terrain driven. The air mass
will become a little more unstable on Saturday.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....76-79.
Min humidity........23-28 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Upslope/Upvalley 3-7 mph.
Southwest winds around 5 mph shifting to the
                    southeast in the afternoon.
Ridgetop wind.......Southwest around 5 mph..becoming North-Northwest
                    3-7 mph after 1100 PDT.
Mixing height.......rising to 4500 ft AGL by early afternoon.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 7 mph.
Haines Index........2 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (5-15 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....52-55.
Max humidity........58-63 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds becoming downslope/downvalley less than 5 mph.
Ridgetop wind.......Northeast 3-7 mph becoming East-Southeast 2-5 mph
                    by late evening.
Mixing height.......lowering to 2000 ft AGL early in the evening...then
                    near surface overnight.
Transport winds.....East around 5 mph.
Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....84-87.
Min humidity........18-23 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Upslope/Upvalley 3-7 mph.
Ridgetop wind.......South-Southwest 5-8 mph.
Mixing height.......5000 ft AGL late in the morning.
Transport winds.....South around 8 mph.
Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated
                    fire growth.

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Forecaster...Wister
Requested by...Bryce Melville
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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