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Spot Forecast for RTC RX Pile Burn...Oregon Military Department of Wildland Fire
National Weather Service Pendleton OR
839 AM PDT Thu Apr 18 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 PDT on April 18.
***Thunderstorms imply gusty and erratic winds***
***Winds are 20 foot 10-minute averages***
***CWR-Chance of wetting rain 0.10 or greater***

If you have questions or concerns with this forecast, please
contact our office at (541) 276-8134.

.DISCUSSION...The region is between a ridge of high pressure
offshore and an upper level trough to the east. This is
leaving the region under a fair weather pattern and an overall
offshore wind pattern. This will show as north to northeast
winds over the next couple of days under clear skies.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....63-66.
Min humidity........17-22 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
Mixing height.......9200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast around 10 mph.
Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

TIME (PDT)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM   7 PM
Temp............42     54     60     63     64     58
RH..............55     37     28     23     20     26
20 ft wind......Var 3  NE 6   NE 8   NE 9   NE 9   NE 6
20 ft wind gust.                     14     15     14

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear (0-10 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....30-33.
Max humidity........75-86 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph in the evening
                    then becoming variable 1 to 3 after sunset.
Mixing height.......9000 ft AGL in the evening then near the
                    surface.
Transport winds.....Northeast around 5 mph.
Haines Index........3 to 4 or very low to low potential for large
                    plume dominated fire growth.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....65-70.
Min humidity........15-20 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast 6 to 10 mph.
Mixing height.......7000 ft AGL early in the morning.
Transport winds.....Northeast around 10 mph.
Haines Index........3 to 4 or very low to low potential for large
                    plume dominated fire growth.

$$
Forecaster...Solomon
Requested by...Jennifer Laib
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2411329.0/PDT
.DELDT 04/18/24
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.EMAIL jfox_26@hotmail.com