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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
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.DELDT 08/11/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL 2024.red.plans@firenet.gov