Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Portland, OR
Issued by NWS Portland, OR
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Spot Forecast for High Lava IAP...USFS
National Weather Service Portland OR
313 AM PDT Mon Aug 17 2026
Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 PDT on August 17.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.
.DISCUSSION...Seasonably warm and dry weather continues this week
with morning clouds and afternoon clearing expected. Persistent
onshore flow will support daytime minimum RH above critical values
and moderate to excellent overnight RH recovery. Stronger onshore
flow Tuesday will bring higher daytime humidity and increase west
winds through east-west aligned terrain and over ridgetops.
.TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy then becoming mostly sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 75.
Min humidity........44 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
Slope/valley.......Variable winds under 5 mph becoming west
5 to 6 mph in the afternoon.
Ridgetop...........West 5 to 7 mph becoming northwest 10 to 12 mph
with gusts up to 20 mph in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......2300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 3 to 10 mph.
TIME (PDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........54 42 24 11 6 18 16 13 21 31 30 29
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
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............54 52 51 56 60 64 68 72 74 74 75 73
RH..............75 80 79 69 64 57 51 47 43 44 44 45
20 FT wind dir..NW N NW NW W W W W W W W W
20 FT wind spd..4 4 3 3 3 4 4 5 6 6 6 6
20 FT wind gust.7 6 6 6 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 14
Ridge wind dir..W W W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Ridge wind spd..5 5 6 7 7 8 9 10 10 11 12 12
Mix hgt (kft)...0.3 0.3 0.4 0.7 1.3 1.6 2.0 2.2 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.2
Transp wind dir.NW NW NW NW W W W W W W W W
Transp wind spd.5 5 5 3 5 5 5 6 8 9 10 10
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 51.
Max humidity........93 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
Slope/valley.......West winds 5 to 6 mph in the evening becoming
variable and under 5 mph.
Ridgetop...........Northwest 10 to 12 mph with gusts up to 20 mph
in the evening weakening to 7 to 9 mph overnight.
Mixing height.......200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 6 to 10 mph.
TIME (PDT) 6 PM 9 PM MIDNGT 3 AM
Sky (%).........26 16 18 20
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0
Chc of ltng (%).0 0 0 0
Temp............73 63 61 58
RH..............48 66 73 77
20 FT wind......W 6G13 W 6G10 NW 4G8 W 4G7
Ridgetop wind...NW 12G20 NW 10G20 NW 8G16 NW 7G14
Mix hgt (ft)....1900 300 300 200
Transport wind..W 10 W 8 NW 6 W 7
.TUESDAY...
Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy then becoming mostly sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 71.
Min humidity........51 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
Slope/valley.......Variable winds under 5 mph becoming west
5 to 8 mph with gusts to around 18 mph
in the afternoon.
Ridgetop...........Northwest 7 to 10 mph in the morning,
increasing to 11 to 15 mph with gusts up to
25 mph in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......3700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 7 to 14 mph.
TIME (PDT) 6 AM 10 AM 2 PM
Sky (%).........40 39 24
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE NONE NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0
Chc of ltng (%).0 0 0
Temp............54 57 69
RH..............82 81 52
20 FT wind......W 4G7 W 5G12 W 8G17
Ridgetop wind...NW 8G16 NW 11G20 NW 14G23
Mix hgt (ft)....300 1700 2800
Transport wind..W 7 W 9 W 12
$$
Forecaster...Alviz
Requested by...Jody Nickerson-Powell
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2618852.25/PQR
.DELDT 08/17/26
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.EMAIL jody_nickerson-powell@firenet.gov