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Spot Forecast for Bradley Flat...Oregon Department of Forestry
National Weather Service Pendleton OR
551 AM PDT Sat Jul 18 2026
Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 PDT on July 18.
***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...Minimum relative humidities hover in the 20s, with
winds mostly light at less than 12 mph sustained for most of the
forecast period. Winds will be mostly terrain driven through the
early morning hours. Overnight recoveries will be moderate to good
through the night.
.TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-5 percent). Patchy smoke.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....79-82.
Min humidity........22-27 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming north 5 to 10 mph by 10 AM.
Ridgetop wind.......Light winds becoming north 7 to 12 mph by 10 AM.
Mixing height.......4100 ft AGL early in the morning.
Transport winds.....Southeast 5 to 10 mph shifting to the
northwest 7 to 12 mph early in the morning.
Ventilation Index...Low (30) increasing to moderate (290) 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............52 56 61 63 68 71 74 77 77 79 77 77
RH..............55 49 43 39 37 35 32 30 28 27 27 27
20 FT wind dir..N N N NW NW N N N N N N N
20 FT wind spd..2 2 2 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6
20 FT wind gust. 4 5 6 7 8 10 10 10 10 11
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Clear (0-5 percent). Patchy smoke in the
evening.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Min temperature.....53-58.
Max humidity........48-53 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph becoming light by 11 PM.
Ridgetop wind.......Northwest winds 7 to 12 mph becoming light by 11 PM.
Mixing height.......700 ft AGL in the evening then 500 ft AGL early
in the morning.
Transport winds.....Northwest 7 to 12 mph shifting to the south
around 5 mph early in the morning.
Ventilation Index...Low (170) decreasing to low (30) overnight.
.SUNDAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....80-85.
Min humidity........20-25 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming north 5 to 10 mph by noon.
Ridgetop wind.......Light winds becoming north 7 to 12 mph by noon.
Mixing height.......4900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 5 to 10 mph shifting to the northwest
9 to 14 mph late in the afternoon.
Ventilation Index...Low (40) increasing to moderate (400) in the
afternoon.
$$
Forecaster...Day
Requested by...Greg Melhorn
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2617652.0/PDT
.DELDT 07/18/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL greg.g.melhorn@odf.oregon.gov