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Spot Forecast for Paradise Fire...USFS
National Weather Service Pendleton OR
320 AM PDT Sun Sep 27 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0644 PDT on September 27.
***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 transport wind
   multiplied by the mixing height in 100`s of ft.
   Categories are a generalized indicator only:
   low (< 200), moderate (200-500), high (500-700),
   and very high (> 700).                           ***

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

.DISCUSSION...

Southeast winds this morning will turn out of the northwest by
around noon. Cloudy sky should begin to clear by late in the
afternoons minimum relative humidly reaches around 40 percent
and recovering Tonight to around 60 percent. No rain or thunder
is expected.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....52-55.
Min humidity........36-41 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 6 to 15 mph early in the morning
                    becoming light by 10 am, then becoming northwest 5 to 7
                    mph late in the afternoon becoming light.
Ridgetop wind.......Southeast winds 7 to 17 mph early in the morning
                    becoming light by 10 am, then becoming northwest 6 to 7
                    mph late in the afternoon becoming light.
Mixing height.......2100 ft AGL early in the morning.
Transport winds.....Southeast 7 to 10 mph shifting to the west late
                    in the morning, then shifting to the northwest
                    late in the afternoon.
Ventilation Index...Low (40-50) increasing to low (70) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (PDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Chc of ltng (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............41  41  43  48  50  52  52  53  53  52  53  50
RH..............46  46  47  43  39  41  42  42  46  47  46  52
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  SE  SE  S   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  N
20 FT wind spd..10  10  7   6   5   4   4   5   5   5   5   4
20 FT wind gust.15  12  7   6   5   4   5   5   6   6   6   6

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (55-65 percent) then becoming
                    mostly clear (15-25 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Min temperature.....35-38.
Max humidity........57-62 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Ridgetop wind.......Light winds.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL in the evening.
Transport winds.....Northwest 5 to 6 mph.
Ventilation Index...Low (30).

.MONDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....54-57.
Min humidity........33-38 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming west 5 to 8 mph early in
                    the morning.
Ridgetop wind.......Light winds becoming west 7 to 10 mph early in
                    the morning.
Mixing height.......3800 ft AGL early in the morning.
Transport winds.....West 5 to 10 mph.
Ventilation Index...Low (30-40) increasing to moderate (290-300) in
                    the afternoon.

$$
Forecaster...Russell
Requested by...Casey Mitchell
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2622460.3/PDT
.DELDT 09/27/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL casey.mitchell@usda.gov