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Spot Forecast for Willamette Complex...usfs
National Weather Service Portland OR
606 PM PDT Sun Sep 29 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1800 PDT on September 29.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...High pressure brings warm and dry conditions for the next
few days, with light offshore flow developing across the Casacdes tonight
and persisting through early Tuesday. Expect mainly light east winds around
5-10 mph through the period, but upper slopes and ridges could see gusts as
high as 20 mph Monday afternoon into Monday night. Overnight humidity
recoveries will be increasingly poor through Monday night, with daytime
minimum values bottoming out around 20 percent. Winds will shift back
onshore Tuesday afternoon, but any time of relief from warm and dry
conditions won`t arrive until Wednesday.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....35 to 40.
Max humidity........65-75 percent, except 45-55 percent upper slopes.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds becoming east around 5 mph after
midnight.
 Ridgetop...........East winds around 5 mph. Gusts to 10 mph towards
morning.
Mixing height.......1000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast around 10 mph.
Haines Index........4 (low).
Haines Index (Mid)..5 (moderate).

.MONDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....70 to 78.
Min humidity........18-24 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......East winds 5-10 mph.
 Ridgetop...........East winds 5-10 mph. Gusts 15-20 mph in the
afternoon.
Mixing height.......3500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East around 10 mph.
Haines Index........4 (low).
Haines Index (Mid)..5 (moderate).

.MONDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....43 to 46.
Max humidity........40-45 percent, except 30-35 percent upper slopes.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......East winds 5-10 mph.
 Ridgetop...........East winds 5-10 mph. Gusts 15-20 mph.
Mixing height.......1000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East around 10 mph.
Haines Index........5 (moderate).
Haines Index (Mid)..5 (moderate).

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....76 to 82.
Min humidity........18-24 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......East winds 5-10 mph in the morning shifting to
the west in the afternoon.
 Ridgetop...........East winds 5-10 mph in the morning shifting to
the west in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......4500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West around 5 mph.
Haines Index........5 (moderate).
Haines Index (Mid)..5 (moderate).

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Forecaster...Burling
Requested by...Sue Puddy
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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.EMAIL sue_puddy@firenet.gov,spuddy6715@gmail.com