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Spot Forecast for Court Rock...USFS
National Weather Service Pendleton OR
251 PM PDT Fri Aug 16 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 PDT on August 17.
***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...Saturday winds will begin to increase and shift east
at 5 to 8 mph in the morning before shifting to the southeast around
noon. Daytime RHs will be poor ranging 6-11% with moderate overnight
recoveries. Winds will continue to be a bit breezy Saturday night with
winds from south 5 to 10 mph mph then shifting multiple times (see
below for more in depth details)  Sunday winds will start light
becoming variable (see below) with poor daytime RHs ranging between
10-15%.

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent). Slight chance of rain
                    showers late in the afternoon.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 90.
Min humidity........6-11 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southeast 5 to 8 mph early
                    in the morning, then shifting to the south 5 to
                    10 mph around 2 PM.
Ridgetop wind.......Variable wind 3 to 5 mph shifting southeast
                    around 10 AM, then shifting south 7 to 12 mph
                    around 2 PM.
Mixing height.......12400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 6 to 10 mph increasing to south 21 to
                    23 mph late in the morning.
Haines Index........3 to 5 or very low to moderate potential for
                    large plume dominated fire growth.

TIME (PDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Temp............49     59     75     82     86     88
RH..............71     46     28     21     14     12
20 ft wind......E 4    SE 5   SE 5   SE 7   S 10   S 10
20 ft wind gust.6      7      7      13     16     16

.SATURDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (20-30 percent). Slight chance of
                    rain showers in the evening.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 50.
Max humidity........82-87 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to the
                    southwest 5 to 8 mph around 8 PM, then
                    shifting to the west around 11 PM
                    shifting to the southwest 5 to 7 mph overnight
                    becoming light near 2 AM.
Ridgetop wind.......South winds 7 to 12 mph shifting to the
                    southwest 5 to 8 mph around 8 PM, then
                    shifting to the west around 11 PM
                    shifting to the southwest 8 to 10 mph overnight
                    becoming light near 2 AM.
Mixing height.......700 ft AGL in the evening and overnight.
Transport winds.....Southwest 14 to 21 mph shifting to the
                    northwest around 13 mph late in the evening,
                    then shifting to the southwest 9 to 10 mph
                    overnight.
Haines Index........3 to 5 or very low to moderate potential for
                    large plume dominated fire growth.

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....82-85.
Min humidity........10-15 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 5 to 8 mph around 8 AM,
                    then shifting to the southwest 5 to 7 mph around 5 PM
Ridgetop wind.......Light winds becoming south 8 to 10 mph around 8 AM,
                    then shifting to the southwest 7 to 9 mph around 5 PM
Mixing height.......10500 ft AGL early in the morning.
Transport winds.....South 10 to 17 mph.
Haines Index........3 to 4 or very low to low potential for large
                    plume dominated fire growth.

$$
Forecaster...Bennese
Requested by...Kyle Myers - OPS(t)
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 08/16/24
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.EMAIL Kyle.Myers@usda.gov