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Spot Forecast for High Lava...USFS
National Weather Service Portland OR
554 AM PDT Sat Sep 19 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 PDT on September 19.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...Expect mostly sunny skies today with light winds, mild
temperatures, and RH values staying above 40% this afternoon.

Light east winds around 5-10 mph likely develop tonight on ridgetops,
however humidity recoveries will be good. Warmer and drier tomorrow
with east winds 5-10 mph in the morning shifting to the west to
northwest in the mid to late afternoon while decreasing in speed.



.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 71.
Min humidity........41-46 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light and variable winds less than 5 mph.
 Ridgetop...........Light and variable winds 3-5 mph.
Mixing height.......2300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West around 5 mph shifting to the southwest in the
late morning and afternoon, then shifting to the west
around 6 mph late in the afternoon.

TIME (PDT)      7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........20  20  20  20  20  21  22  21  23  24  22
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
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............46  46  50  55  59  63  67  69  70  71  69
RH..............87  87  79  70  62  55  49  44  44  44  45
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  W   W   W   SW  W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..3   3   2   1   1   1   1   2   3   3   3
20 FT wind gust.6   6   5   2   2   2   4   5   6   6   6
Ridge wind dir..NW  NW  W   W   W   SW  W   W   W   W   W
Ridge wind spd..4   4   3   3   3   3   3   4   5   5   5
Mix hgt (kft)...0.3 0.4 0.5 0.7 1.4 1.7 2.1 2.3 2.3 2.0 1.6
Transp wind dir.NW  NW  W   SW  S   SW  SW  SW  W   W   W
Transp wind spd.5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   6


.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 52.
Max humidity........65 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light and variable winds less than 5 mph.
 Ridgetop...........East 4-9 mph.
Mixing height.......200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 5 to 7 mph shifting to the northeast
                    around 7-9 mph overnight.

TIME (PDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........18  14  11  3   8   6   7   5   6   6   5   7
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
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  65  60  57  57  58  58  58  57  58  57  56
RH..............52  56  64  65  65  65  62  60  61  58  58  58
20 FT wind dir..W   NW  N   N   NE  E   NE  NE  SE  NE  NE  NE
20 FT wind spd..2   2   2   2   3   4   4   4   3   3   3   4
20 FT wind gust.6   5   5   6   7   8   7   7   7   7   6   7
Ridge wind dir..W   NW  N   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
Ridge wind spd..3   3   3   4   5   6   7   7   8   8   9   9
Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2
Transp wind dir.W   NW  NW  N   NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
Transp wind spd.6   5   5   3   5   6   7   7   8   8   9   9


.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 75.
Min humidity........30-35 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......East to southeast 3 to 6 mph, becoming west 3-4 mph
in the late afternoon.
 Ridgetop...........East to southeast 9 to 10 mph, becoming
west to northwest around 5 mph in the mid afternoon.
Mixing height.......3600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast around 10 mph shifting to the
                    southeast 6 to 10 mph in the late morning and
                    early afternoon, then shifting to the west around
6 mph late in the afternoon.

TIME (PDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........7   7   3   3   3   6   6   6   7   7   7   5
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
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............55  53  52  56  61  64  68  72  74  75  75  73
RH..............60  63  65  59  52  46  42  38  35  35  35  37
20 FT wind dir..NE  NE  E   E   E   SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   W
20 FT wind spd..4   4   4   4   6   6   5   3   3   3   3   3
20 FT wind gust.7   7   7   7   8   8   7   6   7   7   7   6
Ridge wind dir..E   E   E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SW  W   NW  NW
Ridge wind spd..9   9   9   9   10  10  9   6   5   5   5   5
Mix hgt (kft)...0.3 0.3 0.2 0.6 1.3 1.9 2.7 3.4 3.6 3.5 2.9 2.2
Transp wind dir.NE  NE  E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  S   W   W
Transp wind spd.10  10  10  10  10  10  10  6   6   6   6   6

$$
Forecaster...Kranz
Requested by...Brian Scott
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2621427.10/PQR
.DELDT 09/19/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL brian.scott@usda.gov,keith.mcmillen@usda.gov