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Spot Forecast for lone rock...sa gray team
National Weather Service Pendleton OR
743 PM PDT Sun Jul 14 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 PDT on July 15.
***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.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING...
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...High pressure over the region will continue to
produce hot and dry conditions across the fire area. Breezy west
winds will redevelop Monday afternoon, but are not expected
to be as strong as today(Sunday). Winds will weaken Monday night,
and be below 10 mph Monday afternoon, but will switch from the
south to the north through the day. While dry conditions mostly
continue through Tuesday, a system clipping the region will bring
slight chances (~15-20%) of isolated thunderstorms late Tuesday
afternoon through the evening. RHs will be in the single digits
to teens, with poor overnight recoveries.

.MONDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent). Haze and patchy smoke
                    late in the morning.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....90-93.
Min humidity........8-13 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 6 to 11 mph shifting to the
                    west 8 to 13 mph late in the morning, then
shifting to the northwest late in the
afternoon.
Ridgetop wind.......Southwest winds 7 to 13 mph shifting to the
west 10 to 15 mph late in the morning, then
shifting to the northwest late in the
afternoon.
Mixing height.......5500 ft AGL early in the morning.
Transport winds.....West 12 to 16 mph becoming around 14 mph late
                    in the afternoon.
Haines Index........5 or moderate potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

TIME (PDT)      7 AM   9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
Temp............67     75     81     86     90     90
RH..............37     28     21     16     13     13
20 ft wind......SW 11  W 11   W 13   W 13   W 13   NW 13
20 ft wind gust.       14     17     17     18     18

.MONDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (10-20 percent). Haze and patchy
                    smoke in the evening.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....63-66.
Max humidity........27-32 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 6 to 13 mph shifting to the
                    south 5 to 8 mph overnight.
Ridgetop wind.......Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph shifting to the
south 5 to 10 mph overnight.
Mixing height.......5000 ft AGL early in the evening.
Transport winds.....West 9 to 14 mph shifting to the south 8 to 9
                    mph overnight.
Haines Index........5 or moderate potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
CWR.................1 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....94-97.
Min humidity........6-11 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 8 mph shifting to the
                    northwest late in the morning, then shifting to
                    the north 5 to 10 mph late in the afternoon.
Ridgetop wind.......South winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to the west
late in the morning, then shifting to north
in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......10100 ft AGL early in the morning.
Transport winds.....Southwest 7 to 9 mph shifting to the northwest
                    around 9 mph late in the afternoon.
Haines Index........4 to 6 or low to high potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

$$
Forecaster...Lawhorn
Requested by...christopher m adams
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2418071.1/PDT
.DELDT 07/15/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL christopher.adams@ky.gov