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
455 AM PDT Wed Aug 19 2026
Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 PDT on August 19.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.
.DISCUSSION...Warm and dry conditions through Thursday with
west/northwest winds. Onshore flow will support excellent
overnight RH recoveries. Low pressure Friday into Saturday will
bring a wind shift to the west/southwest along with a 20-30%
chance for showers. There will also be a 5-10% chance for
thunderstorms Friday afternoon. Wetting rain not expected.
.TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy then becoming mostly sunny.
Patchy smoke late in the afternoon.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 74.
Min humidity........49 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
Slope/valley.......West winds under 5 mph becoming west 5 to 6 mph
in the afternoon.
Ridgetop...........Northwest winds 6 to 8 mph with gusts up to
16 mph in the morning, increasing to 9 to 10 mph
with gusts up to 20 mph in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......2000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 6 to 8 mph.
TIME (PDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........47 52 52 63 59 52 43 26 41 41 36 19
Weather cov..... PTY
Weather type.... SMK
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............51 49 49 52 56 60 65 68 71 72 72 73
RH..............85 90 90 82 76 67 60 55 50 48 48 50
20 FT wind dir..W W W W W W W W W W W W
20 FT wind spd..4 4 4 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 5 6
20 FT wind gust.6 7 7 6 6 7 8 10 10 10 10 11
Ridge wind dir..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Ridge wind spd..6 6 7 7 7 8 8 9 9 10 10 10
Mix hgt (kft)...0.3 0.3 0.4 0.7 1.3 1.4 1.7 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.8
Transp wind dir.W W W W W W W W W W W W
Transp wind spd.6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 8 8
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy then becoming mostly cloudy.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 55.
Max humidity........83 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
Slope/valley.......West winds around 5 mph early in the evening
weakening under 5 mph overnight.
Ridgetop...........Northwest winds 9 to 10 mph with gusts up to
20 mph in the evening, weakening to 5 to 7 mph
overnight.
Mixing height.......200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 5 to 8 mph.
TIME (PDT) 6 PM 9 PM MIDNGT 3 AM
Sky (%).........18 45 54 20
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0
Chc of ltng (%).0 0 0 0
Temp............72 63 62 59
RH..............54 71 72 74
20 FT wind......W 5G10 NW 3G6 NW 3G6 NW 3G6
Ridgetop wind...NW 10G20 NW 8G16 NW 7G14 NW 5G10
Mix hgt (ft)....1400 300 300 200
Transport wind..W 8 W 6 NW 5 W 6
.THURSDAY...
Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy then becoming mostly sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 78.
Min humidity........44 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
Slope/valley.......Variable winds under 5 mph becoming west
5 to 6 mph in the afternoon.
Ridgetop...........Northwest winds 5 to 7 mph increasing to
8 to 9 mph with gusts up to 18 mph in the
afternoon.
Mixing height.......3000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 5 to 9 mph.
TIME (PDT) 6 AM 10 AM 2 PM
Sky (%).........27 15 7
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE NONE NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0
Chc of ltng (%).0 0 0
Temp............56 62 76
RH..............76 68 44
20 FT wind......NW 3G6 W 3G7 W 5G10
Ridgetop wind...NW 5G10 NW 7G14 NW 9G18
Mix hgt (ft)....300 1400 2600
Transport wind..W 5 W 5 W 7
$$
Forecaster...Alviz
Requested by...Jody Nickerson-Powell
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 08/19/26
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.EMAIL jody_nickerson-powell@firenet.gov