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Issued by NWS Pendleton, OR
Issued by NWS Pendleton, OR
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142 FNUS76 KPDT 111310 FWSPDT Spot Forecast for Red Fire...USFS National Weather Service Pendleton OR 610 AM PDT Sun Aug 11 2024 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 PDT on August 11. ***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...An upper level system will bring increasing west to northwest winds across the fire today through tomorrow. Moderate RH values with excellent overnight recoveries. Temperatures will begin to trend downwards through the period. Haze will linger over the fire in the morning before the inversion breaks. .TODAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent). Haze. CWR.................0 percent. LAL.................1. Max temperature.....72-75. Min humidity........26-31 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming west northwest 5 to 7 mph around 2 PM. Ridgetop wind.......Northeast 3 to 5 mph becoming west northwest 8 to 9 mph around 2 PM. Mixing height.......5300 ft AGL early in the morning. Transport winds.....West around 8 mph. Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (20-30 percent). Patchy smoke in the evening. Haze through the night. CWR.................0 percent. LAL.................1. Min temperature.....43-46. Max humidity........94-99 percent. Wind (20 ft)........West winds 5 to 8 mph around 11 PM. Ridgetop wind.......West winds 6 to 9 mph around 11 PM. Mixing height.......2200 ft AGL early in the evening. Transport winds.....West around 7 mph. Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. .MONDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent). Haze through the day. CWR.................0 percent. LAL.................1. Max temperature.....63-66. Min humidity........43-48 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming west 6 to 10 mph around 2 PM. Ridgetop wind.......West Northwest winds 8 to 12 mph around 2 PM. Mixing height.......2900 ft AGL late in the morning. Transport winds.....West around 11 mph. Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 7... .TUESDAY... Mostly clear. Haze in the evening. Lows in the upper 30s. Highs in the upper 50s. Light winds. .WEDNESDAY... Mostly clear. Lows around 40. Highs in the mid 60s. Light winds. .THURSDAY... Mostly clear. Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs in the lower 60s. Light winds. .FRIDAY... Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs in the upper 50s. .SATURDAY... Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 30s. Highs in the mid 50s. $$ Forecaster...Bennese Requested by...Steve Hammond Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2419827.1/PDT .DELDT 08/11/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL 2024.red.plans@firenet.gov