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Spot Forecast for Austin Fire...IMT3
National Weather Service Portland OR
254 PM PDT Fri Oct 30 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 PDT on October 31.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...Mostly dry weather returns Saturday into Sunday
except for a 20-40% chance of light rain showers between
1700-2200 Saturday evening. Light, diurnally forced winds expected
over the burn area with good RH values. Similar conditions
continue into mid-week before rain chances return Thursday.

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Widespread frost. Chance of rain
                    showers late in the afternoon.
CWR.................2 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....45-52.
Min humidity........76 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......East winds up to 6 mph early in the morning
                    becoming less than 5 mph after 1100.
 Ridgetop...........East winds up to 8 mph.
Mixing height.......2600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 5 to 10 mph.

TIME (PDT)      7 AM         11 AM        3 PM         0 0 0
Sky (%).........49           71           86
Weather cov.....WIDSPD
Weather type....FROST        NONE         NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0            0            0
Chc of ltng (%).0            0            0
Temp............32           40           46
RH..............98           90           76
20 FT wind......E 5G7        E 3G7        N 2G6
Ridgetop wind...E 8G9        E 6G8        N 5G7
Mix hgt (ft)....400          1400         2200
Transport wind..E 9          E 9          E 5

.SATURDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain showers early in
                    the evening.
CWR.................1 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 35.
Max humidity........98 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Drainage winds less than 5 mph.
 Ridgetop...........Drainage winds less than 5 mph.
Mixing height.......200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 6 to 7 mph.

TIME (PDT)      6 PM         10 PM        2 AM
Sky (%).........84           89           80
Weather cov.....CHANCE
Weather type....RNSHWR       NONE         NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0            0            0
Chc of ltng (%).0            0            0
Temp............45           39           38
RH..............83           92           92
20 FT wind......NE 1G5       NE 2G5       E 2G4
Ridgetop wind...NE 5G8       NE 3G7       E 3G5
Mix hgt (ft)....500          300          300
Transport wind..NW 6         N 7          NW 7

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy. Widespread frost.
CWR.................1 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....44-51.
Min humidity........82 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Drainage winds becoming west winds less than
                    5 mph.
 Ridgetop...........Drainage winds becoming west winds up to 5 mph.
Mixing height.......3400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 6 mph shifting to the west
                    early in the morning.

TIME (PDT)      6 AM         10 AM        2 PM
Sky (%).........74           74           58
Weather cov.....WIDSPD
Weather type....FROST        NONE         NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0            0            0
Chc of ltng (%).0            0            0
Temp............36           39           45
RH..............96           95           82
20 FT wind......S 1G2        SW 1G2       W 3G6
Ridgetop wind...S 3G4        SW 3G5       W 5G8
Mix hgt (ft)....200          1500         3400
Transport wind..N 6          W 6          NW 6

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.MONDAY...
Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s. Highs in the lower 50s. Light
winds.
.TUESDAY...
Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of rain. Lows around 40. Highs in
the lower 50s. Light winds.
.WEDNESDAY...
Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s. Highs in the lower 50s.
Light winds.
.THURSDAY...
Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain. Lows around 40. Highs in the lower
50s.
.FRIDAY...
Mostly cloudy with chance of rain. Lows around 40. Highs around
50.

$$
Forecaster...HEC
Requested by...SITL
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2623122.24/PQR
.DELDT 10/30/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL 2026.Austin.situation@firenet.gov