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Spot Forecast for Darlene 3 Fire...USFS
National Weather Service Pendleton OR
706 PM PDT Tue Jul 2 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 PDT on July 03.
***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 upper level ridge will continue to bring very
dry air along with it. The dry air will lead to poor daytime RH
values falling below 15% Wednesday and below 10% Thursday. Overnight
recoveries will be in the good range cresting 60%. Winds will be
mostly from the north and northwest with sustained winds between
5 to 7 mph staring in the afternoon around 2 to 3 PM and continuing
through the evening before becoming light around 10 PM. Winds Thursday
will begin light before increasing back to north northwest at 5 to 7
mph around 3 to 4 PM. Feel free to send questions/comments/concerns to
pdt.operations.noaa.gov

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-5 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....85-88.
Min humidity........7-12 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming north 5 to 7 mph in
                    the afternoon around 2 PM.
Mixing height.......5600 ft AGL early in the morning.
Transport winds.....North around 10 mph.
Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated
                    fire growth.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear (0-10 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....42-45.
Max humidity........56-61 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 5 to 8 mph in the evening and
                    overnight becoming light.
Mixing height.......600 ft AGL in the evening and overnight.
Transport winds.....North 9 to 12 mph in the evening and overnight
                    becoming light.
Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated
                    fire growth.

.INDEPENDENCE DAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....93-96.
Min humidity........5-10 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southeast 5 to 7 mph late
                    in the morning, then shifting to the northeast
                    5 to 8 mph late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......8100 ft AGL early in the morning.
Transport winds.....Light winds becoming southeast 6 to 7 mph early
                    in the morning, then shifting to the north 5 to
                    6 mph late in the afternoon.
Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated
                    fire growth.

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Forecaster...Bennese
Requested by...Tyler Strauss
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2417261.0/PDT
.DELDT 07/02/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL tyler.strauss@usda.gov,bradley.norem@usda.gov,kevin.cahill@usda.gov