Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Portland, OR
Issued by NWS Portland, OR
984
FNUS76 KPQR 301150
FWSPQR
Spot Forecast for High Lava Fire...USFS GPF
National Weather Service Portland OR
450 AM PDT Thu Jul 30 2026
Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 PDT on July 30.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.
.DISCUSSION...Warming and drying trend will yield daytime minimum
RH falling to near critical values on Friday despite continued
onshore flow. Weak frontal passage on Saturday will bring 25-35%
chance for light rain showers and less than a 10% chance of
thunder, but wetting rain is unlikely. Gusty west winds with
higher humidity behind the front Saturday afternoon.
.TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny then becoming partly cloudy then
becoming mostly sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 70.
Min humidity........43 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
Slope/valley.......Light winds becoming west 5 to 6 mph in the
late morning and afternoon.
Ridgetop...........West winds 4 to 6 mph increasing to 6 to 8
mph in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......2500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 7 to 12 mph.
TIME (PDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........21 11 9 10 4 12 32 26 29 30 15
Weather cov.....
Weather type....None None
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chc of ltng (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............45 45 50 54 59 62 66 68 68 70 68
RH..............91 91 81 73 64 56 51 46 43 43 43
20 FT wind dir..W W W W W W W W W W W
20 FT wind spd..2 3 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
20 FT wind gust.6 6 8 10 10 11 12 13 13 14 14
Ridge wind dir..W W W W W W W W W W W
Ridge wind spd..4 5 6 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 9
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 1.0 1.3 2.0 2.2 2.3 2.3 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.4
Transp wind dir.W W W W W W W W W W W
Transp wind spd.7 8 7 8 7 8 9 9 10 12 12
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly clear.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 49.
Max humidity........67 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
Slope/valley.......West winds 5 to 6 mph early in the evening
becoming light.
Ridgetop...........West winds 5 to 7 mph easing to 4 to 5 mph
after midnight.
Mixing height.......200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 6 to 12 mph.
TIME (PDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........5 4 3 5 14 3 5 3 5 5 6 11
Weather cov.....
Weather type....None None
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chc of ltng (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............68 67 63 59 57 56 56 55 55 54 52 51
RH..............43 46 53 60 64 66 63 63 65 66 67 67
20 FT wind dir..W W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
20 FT wind spd..6 6 5 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
20 FT wind gust.14 13 12 10 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
Ridge wind dir..W W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Ridge wind spd..9 9 9 8 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 5
Mix hgt (kft)...2.2 1.8 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2
Transp wind dir.W W W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Transp wind spd.12 10 9 8 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
.FRIDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 79.
Min humidity........37 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
Slope/valley.......Light winds becoming west around 6 mph.
Ridgetop...........West winds 5 to 6 mph increasing to 7 to 8
mph in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......3300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 5 to 9 mph.
TIME (PDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........11 11 3 3 3 7 7 7 6 6 6 5
Weather cov.....
Weather type....None None
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chc of ltng (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............51 50 52 58 63 68 71 76 77 78 79 77
RH..............66 66 65 54 51 46 42 40 37 37 37 39
20 FT wind dir..NW NW W W W W W W W W W W
20 FT wind spd..3 3 2 2 2 4 4 4 6 6 6 6
20 FT wind gust.7 7 6 6 6 10 10 10 14 14 14 14
Ridge wind dir..NW NW W W W W W W W W W W
Ridge wind spd..5 5 6 6 6 7 7 8 8 8 8 8
Mix hgt (kft)...0.3 0.3 0.5 1.2 1.7 2.2 2.6 2.9 3.0 3.3 3.1 2.7
Transp wind dir.NW W NW NW NW NW W W W W W W
Transp wind spd.6 6 6 6 5 5 6 8 7 9 9 9
$$
Forecaster...Picard
Requested by...Gerald Scott
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2618206.4/PQR
.DELDT 07/30/26
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.EMAIL gerald.scott@usda.gov,katrussell23@yahoo.com