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Spot Forecast for Cold Springs...OSFM
National Weather Service Pendleton OR
523 PM PDT Wed Jul 2 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1800 PDT on July 02.
***Thunderstorms imply gusty and erratic winds***
***Winds are 20 foot 10-minute averages***
***CWR-Chance of wetting rain 0.10 or greater***
***Ventilation Index is derived from the
   transport wind multiplied by the mixing
   height in 100`s of feet. Index categories
   are a generalized indicator only.***

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...

.DISCUSSION...Gusty winds will continue overnight, but will decrease
in by morning.  Lighter, though still breezy winds are expected
Thursday and Thursday night.  MIN RH values Thursday will generally be
around 15 to 20 percent, with moderate recoveries both tonight and
Thursday night.


.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (10-20 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Min temperature.....59-62.
Max humidity........59-64 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds  5 to 10 with gusts 15 to 25 mph
                    shifting to the south 5 to 10 mph overnight.
Ridgetop wind.......West to southwest winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts
                    25 to 35 mph decreasing to 5 to 10 with gusts
                    15 to 25 overnight.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 20 to 26 mph decreasing to 10 to 14
                    mph late in the evening.
Ventilation Index...Fair (470) decreasing to poor (60) overnight.

TIME (PDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Chc of ltng (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............88  83  79  74  71  68  66  64  62  61  60  59
RH..............23  28  36  41  44  49  52  54  59  59  62  63
20 FT wind dir..W   W   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  S   S   S   SW
20 FT wind spd..20  20  17  17  17  12  12  12  10  10  10  8
20 FT wind gust.23  23  22  22  22  16  16  16  13  13  13  11

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....86-89.
Min humidity........16-21 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 11 mph shifting to the
                    west late in the afternoon.
Ridgetop wind.......Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts 15 to 20 mph.
Mixing height.......5600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 9 to 10 mph.
Ventilation Index...Poor (150) increasing to fair (450) in the
                    afternoon.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (15-25 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (60-70 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.5 percent.
Min temperature.....60-63.
Max humidity........50-55 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 11 mph.
Ridgetop wind.......southwest winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts 15 to 20 mph.
Mixing height.......5300 ft AGL early in the evening then 500 ft
                    AGL late in the evening.
Transport winds.....Southwest 7 to 9 mph.
Ventilation Index...Fair (220) decreasing to poor (50) overnight.

$$
Forecaster...Nierenberg
Requested by...Mike Renault
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2517165.0/PDT
.DELDT 07/02/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL michial.renault@osfm.oregon.gov