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FNUS76 KPDT 090136
FWSPDT

Spot Forecast for Wildcat...USFS
National Weather Service Pendleton OR
636 PM PDT Wed Oct 8 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 PDT on October 09.
***Thunderstorms imply gusty and erratic winds***
***Winds are 20 foot 10-minute averages***
***CWR-Chance of wetting rain 0.10 or greater***
***Ventilation Index is derived from the
   transport wind multiplied by the mixing
   height in 100`s of feet. Index categories
   are a generalized indicator only.***

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

.DISCUSSION...An upper low offshore will bring rain shower chances
to the fire area early Thursday, with shower chances diminishing
before noon (CWR 30-40%). Cool and moist conditions will persist
through Friday and into the weekend, with another round of showers
most of Friday (CWR ~50% late Friday). Afternoon RHs will be above
40% into the weekend, with good to excellent overnight recoveries.
Winds will be light and diurnally driven, with a shift from south
winds Thursday to west winds Friday.

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Rain showers
                    likely in the morning, then slight chance of
                    rain showers in the afternoon.
CWR.................30 percent.
Chance of lightning.3 percent.
Max temperature.....62-65.
Min humidity........44-49 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light drainage winds becoming south 4 to 7 mph
after 11AM.
Ridgetop wind.......West winds 4 to 7 mph shifting to the south
around 11AM.
Mixing height.......5000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South around 8 mph.
Ventilation Index...Poor (110) increasing to fair (350) in the
                    afternoon.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Chance of rain
                    showers.
CWR.................4 percent.
Chance of lightning.1 percent.
Min temperature.....42-45.
Max humidity........74-79 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light variable winds becoming light drainage
winds around 10PM.
Ridgetop wind.......South winds 4 to 7 mph shifting to the east
around 7PM.
Mixing height.......1500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East around 7 mph.
Ventilation Index...Poor (130) decreasing to poor (90) overnight.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent). Rain showers
                    likely in the morning, then rain showers in the
                    afternoon.
CWR.................16 percent.
Chance of lightning.3 percent.
Max temperature.....56-59.
Min humidity........57-62 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light drainage winds becoming west 4 to 8 mph
                    after 10AM.
Ridgetop wind.......East winds 4 to 7 mph shifting to the west
5 to 8 mph after 8AM.
Mixing height.......4400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 10 mph.
Ventilation Index...Poor (50) increasing to fair (360) in the
                    afternoon.

$$
Forecaster...Lawhorn
Requested by...Aana Kulaas
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2522738.9/PDT
.DELDT 10/08/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL nicholas.wigle@usda.gov,aana_kulaas@firenet.gov