Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Portland, OR
Issued by NWS Portland, OR
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Spot Forecast for High Lava IAP...USFS
National Weather Service Portland OR
458 AM PDT Sat Aug 22 2026
Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 PDT on August 22.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.
.DISCUSSION...Gusty westerly onshore flow continues today and tonight
supporting good overnight RH recoveries. Winds shift to the northwest
on Sunday as high pressure begins to move in. Slight chance of
rain showers late tonight into early Sunday.
.TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Partly sunny becoming mostly sunny.
CWR.................3 percent.
Chance of lightning.5 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 67.
Min humidity........55 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
Slope/valley.......West winds 6 to 8 mph. Gusts up to 22 mph late
in the afternoon.
Ridgetop...........West winds 8 to 11 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph late
in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......3200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 8 to 13 mph.
TIME (PDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........66 66 45 38 31 39 41 38 32 16 9 13
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chc of ltng (%).10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............56 52 50 51 52 55 60 63 65 66 67 66
RH..............80 87 91 90 89 80 69 64 58 55 55 55
20 FT wind dir..W W W W W W W W W W W W
20 FT wind spd..6 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 8 8 8
20 FT wind gust.11 12 13 13 13 13 14 14 16 17 17 18
Ridge wind dir..W W W W W W W W W W W W
Ridge wind spd..8 8 8 9 9 10 10 10 11 11 11 10
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.8 1.3 1.4 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.6 3.0 3.2 3.2
Transp wind dir.W W W W W W W W W W W W
Transp wind spd.8 9 9 9 8 9 10 10 12 13 13 13
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy then becoming mostly cloudy.
Slight chance of rain showers late in the
evening. Chance of rain showers after 3 am.
CWR.................3 percent.
Chance of lightning.4 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 47.
Max humidity........98 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
Slope/valley.......West winds 8 to 11 mph with gusts to around 20
mph.
Ridgetop...........West winds 9 to 12 mph with gusts to around 23
mph.
Mixing height.......700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 12 to 14 mph.
TIME (PDT) 6 PM 9 PM MIDNGT 3 AM
Sky (%).........14 44 90 95
Weather cov..... S CHC CHANCE
Weather type....NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0
Chc of ltng (%).0 0 0 0
Temp............65 58 59 59
RH..............55 72 74 75
20 FT wind......W 8G18 W 10G19 W 10G19 W 11G19
Ridgetop wind...W 8G18 W 11G20 W 12G22 W 12G23
Mix hgt (ft)....3100 700 1300 1100
Transport wind..W 13 W 13 W 13 W 14
.SUNDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy becoming mostly sunny. Slight
chance of rain showers early in the morning.
CWR.................3 percent.
Chance of lightning.4 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 66.
Min humidity........59 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
Slope/valley.......West winds 5 to 9 mph with gusts to around 18
mph shifting to the northwest around 6 mph late
in the afternoon.
Ridgetop...........West winds 7 to 10 mph with gusts to around 21
mph shifting to the northwest around 8 mph late
in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......4100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 8 to 12 mph.
TIME (PDT) 6 AM 10 AM 2 PM
Sky (%).........91 86 34
Weather cov.....S CHC
Weather type....RNSHWR NONE NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0
Chc of ltng (%).0 0 0
Temp............55 49 61
RH..............80 100 67
20 FT wind......W 9G18 W 6G14 W 6G12
Ridgetop wind...W 10G20 W 8G16 NW 7G13
Mix hgt (ft)....900 1700 3000
Transport wind..W 12 W 8 NW 9
$$
Forecaster...Batz
Requested by...Scott Koehler
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2618852.35/PQR
.DELDT 08/22/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL Scott_Koehler@firenet.gov