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Spot Forecast for Dufur...OSFM
National Weather Service Pendleton OR
449 PM PDT Tue Jul 9 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1700 PDT on July 09.
***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.

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT WEDNESDAY...
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING...
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY...

.DISCUSSION...Dry and very hot weather is expected through Wednesday.
Winds will increase during Wednesday afternoon and could gust as high
as 30 mph. MIN RH values will be around 10 to 15 percent with moderate
overnight recoveries.


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-5 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....99-102.
Min humidity........10-15 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 5 to 8 mph.
Ridgetop wind.......Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
Mixing height.......4200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North around 13 mph.
Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated
                    fire growth.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (5-15 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 70.
Max humidity........37-42 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to the east
                    5 to 7 mph overnight.
Ridgetop wind.......Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph increasing to 10 to 15
                    by morning.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL in the evening.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 10 mph.
Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated
                    fire growth.

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....95-98.
Min humidity........11-16 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph
                    with gusts 25 to 30 mph in the afternoon.
Ridgetop wind.......Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph
                    during the afternoon, with gusts 20 to 30 mph.
Mixing height.......4100 ft AGL early in the morning.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 16 mph.
Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated
                    fire growth.

$$
Forecaster...Nierenberg
Requested by...Michial Renault
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 07/09/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL michial.renault@osfm.oregon.gov