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Spot Forecast for High Lava Fire...USFS GPF
National Weather Service Portland OR
525 AM PDT Wed Jul 29 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 PDT on July 29.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...Dry weather continues with diurnal westerly flow
rising to 5-7 mph in the afternoon and easing below 4 mph
overnight. Warming trend will see RH trend down this week, with
only moderate overnight recovery Thursday night and daytime
minimum approaching critical values on Friday. A frontal passage
will raise RH and winds on Saturday.


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 71.
Min humidity........41 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds becoming west 5 to 6 mph late in
                    the morning.
 Ridgetop...........
Mixing height.......3000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 3 to 10 mph.

TIME (PDT)      7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........19  13  12  5   1   3   12  11  9   7   9
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............48  48  52  56  60  64  67  69  70  71  69
RH..............93  94  80  70  60  53  48  44  41  41  41
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..2   2   2   3   5   5   6   6   6   6   6
20 FT wind gust.6   6   6   7   10  10  11  13  14  14  14
Ridge wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Ridge wind spd..4   4   5   6   7   7   8   8   9   9   9
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.6 1.3 2.1 2.3 2.7 3.0 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.7
Transp wind dir.NW  NW  NW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.5   3   5   6   6   6   7   8   8   8   10

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 46.
Max humidity........88 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......West winds 5 to 6 mph with gusts to around 16
                    mph early in the evening becoming light.
 Ridgetop...........
Mixing height.......200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 6 to 10 mph.

TIME (PDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........9   8   12  20  11  4   5   4   7   5   7   16
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............69  67  63  58  56  55  54  53  52  51  50  48
RH..............41  46  53  63  69  73  72  74  77  79  82  83
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..6   6   6   5   4   4   3   2   2   2   2   2
20 FT wind gust.14  16  14  13  11  10  7   7   6   6   6   6
Ridge wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Ridge wind spd..9   9   8   8   7   6   5   5   4   4   4   4
Mix hgt (kft)...2.4 1.9 0.8 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   NW  NW  NW  W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.10  10  9   8   8   7   6   6   6   7   7   7

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 69.
Min humidity........44 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds becoming west around 6 mph late in
                    the morning.
 Ridgetop...........
Mixing height.......3100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 6 to 12 mph.

TIME (PDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........16  16  14  14  14  62  62  62  55  55  55  18
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............48  46  46  51  55  58  61  65  67  67  69  68
RH..............85  87  88  76  70  62  56  51  47  44  44  44
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..2   2   4   4   4   6   6   6   6   6   6   6
20 FT wind gust.6   6   10  10  10  13  13  13  14  14  14  14
Ridge wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Ridge wind spd..4   4   5   6   7   8   8   8   8   9   9   10
Mix hgt (kft)...0.3 0.4 1.0 1.5 2.1 2.5 2.7 2.8 2.8 3.0 3.1 2.9
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.6   7   7   7   8   8   9   9   9   9   10  12

$$
Forecaster...Picard
Requested by...Gerald Scott
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2618206.3/PQR
.DELDT 07/29/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL gerald.scott@usda.gov,katrussell23@yahoo.com