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Spot Forecast for North Bottomlands Prescribed Burn...Lane County
National Weather Service Portland OR
522 PM PDT Tue Sep 15 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0700 PDT on September 16.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.


.DISCUSSION...Aside from potential shallow ground fog in the early
morning, expect a dry and sunny day on Wednesday. The main concern
on Wednesday will be increasing winds out of the north in the
afternoon, which is when peak wind gusts as high as 20-25 mph are
likely (80% chance).

Remaining dry Wednesday night and Thursday with mostly clear skies
and lighter winds.



.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny in the early morning with patchy fog
possible, becoming sunny by 9-10 AM.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 79.
Min humidity........40-45 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds becoming north 8 to 13 mph with
                    gusts up to 22 mph in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......4500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 3 to 9 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph in
                    the afternoon.

TIME (PDT)      7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........52  36  26  5   3   2   3   6   7   4   5
Weather cov.....PTY PTY
Weather type....FOG FOG
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............47  49  53  58  62  67  70  74  76  77  79
RH..............100 98  90  82  72  64  58  52  47  45  42
20 FT wind dir..W   W   NW  NW  NW  N   N   N   N   N   N
20 FT wind spd..1   1   2   3   4   7   9   10  12  12  11
20 FT wind gust.2   4   4   6   7   10  15  20  22  22  21
Mix hgt (kft)...0.3 0.4 0.8 1.2 1.9 2.8 3.7 4.3 4.5 4.3 3.8
Transp wind dir.N   N   N   N   NE  N   N   NE  N   N   N
Transp wind spd.3   3   5   7   9   10  15  20  20  20  20


.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 49.
Max humidity........91 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......North winds around 10 mph early in the evening
                    becoming light and variable less than 5 mph.
Mixing height.......200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 10-15 mph, becoming northeast 3-8 mph.

TIME (PDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........5   5   6   6   6   15  15  15  24  24  24  6
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............77  74  71  65  63  61  58  56  55  52  51  51
RH..............47  51  59  66  70  73  78  82  84  87  89  90
20 FT wind dir..N   N   N   N   N   NE  NE  NE  E   E   E   SE
20 FT wind spd..9   7   5   4   3   2   2   2   2   2   2   1
20 FT wind gust.18  15  10  8   7   6   6   6   5   5   5   4
Mix hgt (kft)...2.4 0.9 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3
Transp wind dir.N   N   N   N   NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  N   NE
Transp wind spd.15  15  10  9   8   6   5   5   5   5   3   3


.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 78.
Min humidity........48 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light and variable winds around 5 mph or less.
Mixing height.......3400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast around 3 mph shifting to the west
                    late in the morning.

TIME (PDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........6   6   15  15  15  21  21  21  18  18  18  21
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............49  50  51  56  60  65  68  71  74  75  75  76
RH..............92  92  90  84  75  67  61  57  54  50  48  48
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..1   1   2   2   2   2   2   2   4   4   4   4
20 FT wind gust.4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   7   7   7   7
Mix hgt (kft)...0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 1.9 1.9 1.9 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.3
Transp wind dir.E   SE  SE  SE  SE  W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.3   3   3   3   3   5   5   5   6   6   6   8


$$
Forecaster...Kranz
Requested by...Ed Alverson
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2621964.0/PQR
.DELDT 09/15/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL edward.alverson@lanecountyor.gov