Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Portland, OR
Issued by NWS Portland, OR
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Spot Forecast for Drano Pile RX...USFS
National Weather Service Portland OR
852 AM PST Mon Nov 17 2025
Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 PST on November 17.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.
.DISCUSSION...Light rain continues through the day into Tue morning,
with onshore flow through late Tue. Winds shift offshore Wed
through early Thu as a front approaches, bringing a return of rain
through the rest of the week. Wind gusts up to 20 to 25 mph with a
20-30% chance to exceed 30 mph through Tue afternoon, then
decreasing through the rest of the day.
Ridgetop winds represent elevations around 2000 ft.
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Rain likely.
Max temperature.....Around 51.
Min humidity........74 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
Slope/valley.......West winds 8 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 21 mph late
in the morning.
Ridgetop...........West winds 9 to 12 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph late
in the morning.
Mixing height.......2500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 12 to 15 mph.
TIME (PST) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........82 82 73 69 63 65 74 57 65
Weather cov.....CHC LKY CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY CHC CHC
Weather type....RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN
Tstm cov........
Temp............48 47 48 48 49 50 49 48 48
RH..............91 94 92 88 85 80 80 82 78
20 FT wind dir..W W W W W W W W W
20 FT wind spd..8 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10
20 FT wind gust.14 14 16 16 16 17 17 17 17
Ridge wind dir..W W W W W W W W W
Ridge wind spd..9 10 10 11 11 11 11 11 11
Mix hgt (kft)...2.0 2.1 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.3 2.0
Transp wind dir.W W W W W W W W W
Transp wind spd.12 14 14 14 15 15 15 15 14
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy then becoming partly cloudy.
Slight chance of rain.
Min temperature.....Around 41.
Max humidity........82 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
Slope/valley.......West winds 10 to 12 mph with gusts to around 19
mph.
Ridgetop...........West winds 11 to 14 mph with gusts to around 20
mph.
Mixing height.......1500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 13 to 15 mph.
TIME (PST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........70 52 52 51 35 30 32 31 35 30 40 40
Weather cov.....SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....RN RN RN RN RN
Tstm cov........
Temp............48 48 47 46 46 45 44 43 42 42 41 42
RH..............76 73 73 76 76 75 76 76 77 79 76 76
20 FT wind dir..W W W W W W W W W W W W
20 FT wind spd..10 10 11 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
20 FT wind gust.18 18 18 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19
Ridge wind dir..W W W W W W W W W W W W
Ridge wind spd..11 11 12 12 13 13 13 13 13 14 13 13
Mix hgt (kft)...2.0 1.9 1.8 2.0 2.2 1.9 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.6
Transp wind dir.W W W W W W W W W W W W
Transp wind spd.13 13 14 14 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15
.TUESDAY...
Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy. Slight chance of rain
early in the morning, then chance of rain in
the late morning and early afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 47.
Min humidity........72 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
Slope/valley.......West winds 8 to 12 mph. Gusts up to 24 mph in
the morning and early afternoon.
Ridgetop...........West winds 9 to 14 mph. Gusts up to 26 mph in
the morning and early afternoon.
Mixing height.......3200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 14 to 20 mph.
TIME (PST) 6 AM 10 AM 2 PM
Sky (%).........40 60 58
Weather cov.....S CHC CHANCE CHANCE
Weather type....RAIN RAIN RAIN
Tstm cov........
Temp............41 43 46
RH..............77 80 71
20 FT wind......W 12G19 W 11G18 W 11G17
Ridgetop wind...W 13G20 W 12G19 W 12G18
Mix hgt (ft)....1700 2700 2900
Transport wind..W 15 W 17 W 18
$$
Forecaster...Hall
Requested by...Lauren Clark
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2526133.0/PQR
.DELDT 11/17/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL lauren.clark@usda.gov,roland.rose@usda.gov