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Spot Forecast for Elk Lane...USFS
National Weather Service Pendleton OR
335 PM PDT Sun Aug 11 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 PDT on August 12.
***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...Dry conditions are expected through Wednesday.  Winds
will increase on Monday and become breezy with 10 to 15 mph sustained winds
with gusts as high as 20 mph in the afternoon and evening.  Winds will decrease
back to 10 mph or less Monday night and remain 10 mph or less on Tuesday.

MIN RH values will be around 20 to 25 percent on Monday.  Temperatures will
be slightly lower on Tuesday, and MIN RH values will be a bit higher in about
as high as 28 percent with excellent recovery Monday night.

.MONDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent).
CWR.................2 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....82-85.
Min humidity........19-24 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 7 mph shifting to the west 10
                    to 15 mph late in the morning. Gusts to around 20
                    mph in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......6300 ft AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....West 5 to 10 mph increasing to around 15 mph
                    late in the afternoon.
Haines Index........3 to 4 or very low to low potential for large
                    plume dominated fire growth.

TIME (PDT)      7 AM   9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
Temp............57     63     72     79     81     81
RH..............80     63     48     31     24     23
20 ft wind......S 6    S 6    NW 8   NW 8   W 11   W 14
20 ft wind gust.       8      12     12     18     19

.MONDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (30-40 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (50-60 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (40-50 percent).
CWR.................2 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....50-53.
Max humidity........71-76 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 5 to 15 mph shifting to the
                    southwest 5 to 10 mph overnight.
Mixing height.......Decreasing to 500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 10 to 15 mph shifting to the east
                    around 5 to 10 mph late in the evening, then shifting
                    to the southwest around 5 mph overnight.
Haines Index........3 to 4 or very low to low potential for large
                    plume dominated fire growth.

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 80.
Min humidity........23-28 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to the west
                    late in the morning.
Mixing height.......Increasing to 6700 ft AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....West 6 to 13 mph.
Haines Index........2 to 3 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.WEDNESDAY...
Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s. Highs in the lower 80s.
Light winds.
.THURSDAY...
Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s. Highs around 80. Northwest
winds around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...
Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. Highs in the mid 70s. West
winds around 5 mph.

$$
Forecaster...Nierenberg
Requested by...Kathy Reed
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2420072.0/PDT
.DELDT 08/11/24
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.EMAIL Katherine.Reed@usda.gov