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Spot Forecast for Esquatzel...BLM
National Weather Service Pendleton OR
1101 PM PDT Mon Sep 1 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 PDT on September 02.
***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...High pressure building over the region will bring a
drying and warming trend to the fire area. Temperatures are forecast
to reach at least 100 degrees in the afternoon through Wednesday.
RHs will be in the upper teens Tuesday, and lower to mid teens
Thursday with moderate to good overnight recovery. Winds will be
less than 10 mph with wind shifts in the afternoons, and very light
overnight.

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent). Haze.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 100.
Min humidity........16-21 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southwest 5 to 8 mph around
10AM, then shifting to the west around 3 to 6 mph
                    around 5PM.
Mixing height.......3400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Light winds becoming southwest 5 to 6 mph early
                    in the morning, then becoming light late in the
                    afternoon.
Ventilation Index...Poor (30) increasing to poor (130) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (PDT)      7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM
Chc of ltng (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............63  68  75  81  85  88  92  94  96  98  98  96
RH..............67  59  49  41  37  34  30  28  25  23  21  27
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  W   W
20 FT wind spd..4   6   6   6   7   7   7   6   6   6   5   5
20 FT wind gust.                            8   8   8   7   7

.TUESDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (5-15 percent). Haze early in the
                    evening.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Min temperature.....65-68.
Max humidity........53-58 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 3 to 6 mph becoming light after 10PM.
Mixing height.......600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Light winds becoming north 5 to 6 mph late in
                    the evening.
Ventilation Index...Poor (30).

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....101-104.
Min humidity........13-18 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming west winds 5 to 8 mph, then
shifting to the northwest after 2PM, then shifting
to the north around 5PM.
Mixing height.......600 ft AGL early in the morning then 8900 ft
                    AGL late in the morning.
Transport winds.....North around 5 mph shifting to the west around
                    6 mph late in the morning, then shifting to the
                    north around 7 mph late in the afternoon.
Ventilation Index...Poor (30) increasing to poor (160) in the
                    afternoon.

$$
Forecaster...Lawhorn
Requested by...Eric glogau
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2521094.0/PDT
.DELDT 09/02/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL bfredrickson@blm.gov