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Spot Forecast for Blacktip...WA DNR
National Weather Service Portland OR
316 AM PST Thu Jan 1 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0500 PST on January 01.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...A slow pattern change is expected through today.
The persistent high pressure that has been anchored over the
region will be pushed eastward by a slowly approaching low and warm
front from the south. Winds will remain out the east, but will
slowly become more southerly behind approaching front. Cold air, at
the surface from the high pressure is expected to linger through
today and into tomorrow. Given that warm precipitation is expected
to overrun said cold air, expect freezing rain starting sometime
today an will likely continue through at least tonight. By Friday,
conditions should have warmed up above freezing resulting in rain
rather than any wintery (snow/ice) precipitation. The relatively
warm and rainy conditions are expected to persist through at least
the weekend.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Chance of snow.
CWR.................10 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Min temperature.....22-27.
Max humidity........86 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds.
 Ridgetop...........East around 5 mph.
Mixing height.......800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East around 5 mph.

TIME (PST)      5AM
Sky (%).........84
Weather cov.....CHC
Weather type....SN
Tstm cov........
CWR.............10
Chc of ltng (%).0
Temp............26
RH..............86
20 FT wind dir..SW
20 FT wind spd..2
20 FT wind gust.7
Mix hgt (kft)...0.8
Transp wind dir.E
Transp wind spd.3

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy. Rain, light freezing rain and snow
                    likely in the morning, then rain, freezing rain
                    and slight chance of snow in the afternoon.
CWR.................10 percent increasing to 82 percent late in the
                    afternoon.
Chance of lightning.1 percent.
Max temperature.....30-35.
Min humidity........86 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds.
 Ridgetop...........East 5 to 7 mph.
Mixing height.......900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 5 to 7 mph.

TIME (PST)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........85     83     84     92     97     100
Weather cov.....CHANCE LIKELY CHANCE LIKELY DEFNTE DEFNTE
Weather type....SNOW   ZRN/SN RAIN   RAIN   RAIN   RAIN
Tstm cov........
CWR.............10     10     10     10     10     80
Chc of ltng (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............26     26     30     32     32     31
RH..............86     86     86     87     92     93
20 ft wind......W 2    W 3    S 5    SE 4   SE 3   SE 3
20 ft wind gust.7      8      15     10     7      7
Mix hgt (ft)....800    700    800    900    800    800
Transport wind..E 5    E 6    E 7    E 7    E 6    E 6

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy. Freezing rain in the evening. Rain
                    through the night. Patchy fog in the late
                    evening and overnight.
CWR.................82 percent decreasing to 33 percent after 3 am.
Chance of lightning.2 percent.
Min temperature.....23-28.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds.
 Ridgetop...........East 3 to 6 mph shifting to the southwest.
Mixing height.......700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 3 to 6 mph shifting to the southwest 3 to
                    8 mph overnight.

TIME (PST)      6 PM         10 PM        2 AM
Sky (%).........100          100          100
Weather cov.....DEFNTE       DEFNTE       DEFNTE
Weather type....RAIN         RAIN         RAIN
Tstm cov........
CWR.............80           80           80
Chc of ltng (%).0            0            0
Temp............29           30           29
RH..............99           99           99
20 FT wind......SE 2G7       E 1G6        NW 2G6
Mix hgt (ft)....900          700          800
Transport wind..E 6          E 3          SW 6

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog early in the morning.
                    Rain early in the morning. Chance of rain in
                    the late morning and early afternoon, then rain
                    likely late in the afternoon.
CWR.................33 percent decreasing to 2 percent late in the
                    afternoon.
Chance of lightning.2 percent.
Max temperature.....38-42.
Min humidity........90 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds.
 Ridgetop...........West 5 to 14 mph
Mixing height.......1400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 5 to 14 mph shifting to the northwest
                    around 3 mph late in the afternoon.

TIME (PST)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........100 100 100 100 83  83  83  74  74  74  79  79
Weather cov.....DEF DEF DEF DEF CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY
Weather type....RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN
Tstm cov........
CWR.............30  30  30  30  30  30  30  30  30  30  0   0
Chc of ltng (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............34  34  34  36  38  39  40  41  40  40  39  38
RH..............100 100 99  99  94  93  91  90  92  93  95  96
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   N   N
20 FT wind spd..1   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2
20 FT wind gust.6   6   6   6   7   7   7   6   6   6   6   6
Mix hgt (kft)...0.8 0.8 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.3 1.4 1.2 0.9 0.6 0.6
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   W   W   W   SW  W   NW  NW  N
Transp wind spd.7   8   10  13  14  14  13  10  8   5   3   3

$$
Forecaster...Bishop
Requested by...Jared Baldwin
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2528102.2/PQR
.DELDT 01/01/26
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.EMAIL Jared.Baldwin@dnr.wa.gov