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Spot Forecast for Bowman Creek Rx...Washington DNR
National Weather Service Pendleton OR
359 PM PDT Thu Sep 24 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1800 PDT on September 24.
***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.

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 11 PM PDT FRIDAY...

.DISCUSSION...Light, variable winds this evening are forecast to increase
in magnitude overnight, becoming breezy westerly to northwesterly. Rain
showers are very likely (85 percent chance) overnight, with rain showers
likely (55-75 percent chance) lingering through early Friday afternoon.
Southwest winds will ramp by mid-morning Friday, becoming westerly by
afternoon. Winds will decrease in strength overnight Friday night, becoming
lighter by Saturday morning.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Becoming mostly cloudy to overcast (85-100 percent).
                    Chance (50 percent) of rain showers late evening,
                    then rain showers very likely (85 percent) overnight.
CWR.................50 percent.
Chance of lightning.5 percent.
Min temperature.....49-52.
Max humidity........95-100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds early evening, becoming northwest 8-12 mph
                    with gusts of 15-20 mph overnight, then becoming light
                    early in the morning.
Mixing height.......Decreasing to 300-600 ft AGL overnight.
Transport winds.....West 4-8 mph in the evening, increasing to 8-12 mph
                    overnight then decreasing to 5-10 mph early morning.
Ventilation Index...Becoming Low (30-60) overnight.

TIME (PDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Chc of ltng (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   10
Temp............73  69  68  64  63  62  60  58  56  55  53  52
RH..............38  43  47  51  53  55  63  70  78  85  91  95
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..4   4   4   5   6   11  12  12  11  7   5   4
20 FT wind gust.5   5   5   6   10  17  19  20  18  12  8   6

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent) then becoming
                    partly to mostly cloudy (35-55 percent) by late
                    afternoon. Rain showers likely (55-75 percent
                    chance) through early afternoon.
CWR.................50 percent.
Chance of lightning.10 percent.
Max temperature.....61-64.
Min humidity........69-74 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 5-8 mph, becoming southwest 15-25 mph
                    with gusts of 25-35 mph by mid-morning, then shifting
                    to the west 15-25 mph with gusts of 30-40 mph in
                    the afternoon.
Mixing height.......Increasing to 3300-3800 ft AGL by late morning.
Transport winds.....West 5-10 mph early morning, increasing to
                    15-25 mph by late morning.
Ventilation Index...Increasing to very high (840) in the afternoon.

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly to mostly cloudy (30-65 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.1 percent.
Min temperature.....38-41.
Max humidity........95-100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 12-17 mph with gusts of 20-30 mph
                    in the evening, becoming light by early
                    morning.
Mixing height.......Decreasing to 300-600 ft AGL overnight.
Transport winds.....West 10-15 mph in the evening, decreasing to
                    5-10 mph by early morning.
Ventilation Index...Moderate (270) decreasing to low (50)
                    overnight.

$$
Forecaster...Plunkett
Requested by...Adam Lieberg
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2622141.7/PDT
.DELDT 09/24/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL alieberg@columbialandtrust.org