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Spot Forecast for High Lava IAP...USFS
National Weather Service Portland OR
210 PM PDT Fri Aug 14 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 PDT on August 15.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...10-20% chance for thunderstorms tonight through
early Saturday afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds, lightning and
small hail expected near any thunderstorms that develop. Otherwise,
skies will slowly clear through the day with patchy smoke lingering
near the surface through the early afternoon. Winds generally out
of the north/northwest with gusts approaching 20 mph in the afternoon.
Winds likely higher in north/northwest aligned terrain features.

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny to partly cloudy. Patchy smoke
                    early in the morning. Slight chance of showers
                    and thunderstorms in the morning and early
                    afternoon.
CWR.................1 percent.
Chance of lightning.15 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 71.
Min humidity........58 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds becoming west/northwest 5-7 mph
                    with gusts up to 15 mph in the afternoon.
                    Gusty and erratic winds expected near
                    thunderstorms in the morning and early
                    afternoon.
 Ridgetop...........Light winds becoming west/northwest 8-10 mph
                    with gusts up to 20 mph in the afternoon.
                    Gusty and erratic winds expected near
                    thunderstorms in the morning and early
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......2600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 6 to 10 mph.

TIME (PDT)      7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........83  76  74  75  53  41  31  41  52  36  58
Weather cov.....SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of ltng (%).20  20  20  20  20  20  20  0   0   0   0
Temp............53  51  54  56  58  63  65  68  69  69  70
RH..............89  95  96  91  83  71  66  62  59  57  57
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  NW  NW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..4   4   4   3   4   4   5   6   6   6   6
20 FT wind gust.6   6   7   7   8   8   10  11  11  11  12
Ridge wind dir..NW  NW  NW  NW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Ridge wind spd..8   8   9   9   10  10  12  14  15  15  15
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.6 1.1 1.3 1.9 2.1 2.2 2.5 2.6 2.6 2.5
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.6   6   6   7   7   7   8   9   8   9   10

.SATURDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy then becoming mostly cloudy.
CWR.................1 percent.
Chance of lightning.1 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 53.
Max humidity........88 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......West winds around 5-7 mph early in the evening
                    becoming light.
 Ridgetop...........West winds around 8-10 mph early in the evening
                    becoming light.
Mixing height.......200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 6 to 10 mph.

TIME (PDT)      6 PM      9 PM      MIDNGT    3 AM
Sky (%).........58        67        67        90
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0         0         0         0
Chc of ltng (%).0         0         0         0
Temp............69        62        61        59
RH..............59        76        74        76
20 FT wind......W 6G12    W 4G10    NW 4G8    NW 3G7
Ridgetop wind...W 8G15    W 6G12    NW 5G9    NW 4G8
Mix hgt (ft)....2500      300       300       400
Transport wind..W 10      W 7       NW 6      W 7

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy to mostly sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 74.
Min humidity........44 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds becoming west/northwest 5-7 mph
                    with gusts up to 15 mph in the afternoon.
 Ridgetop...........Light winds becoming west/northwest 8-10 mph
                    with gusts up to 20 mph in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......3600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 6 to 10 mph.

TIME (PDT)      6 AM         10 AM        2 PM
Sky (%).........93           48           24
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE         NONE         NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0            0            0
Chc of ltng (%).0            0            0
Temp............56           60           72
RH..............78           73           46
20 FT wind......NW 4G7       W 3G6        W 6G11
Ridgetop wind...NW 5G8       W 5G8        W 8G15
Mix hgt (ft)....400          500          3600
Transport wind..NW 6         NW 6         W 9

$$
Forecaster...Bishop
Requested by...Andrew Myhra
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2618852.20/PQR
.DELDT 08/14/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL jody_nickerson-powell@firenet.gov,andrew.myhra@usda.gov