FNUS76 KPDT 210055 FWSPDT Spot Forecast for East Beaver...OR-WSA National Weather Service Pendleton OR 455 PM PST Wed Nov 20 2024 Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 PST on November 21. ***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...The strong, upper level low pressure system located offshore will continue to bring unstable weather across the fire site. Persistent southwest flow aloft will keep rain chances (60-70%) at the fire location Thursday before chances increase (75-95%) on Friday associated with a passing surface front. Winds will be light and variable Thursday, but will become breezy on Friday associated with the passing front with gusts of 25 mph possible out of the southwest. High and low temperatures will be increasing 1-4 degrees each day, as afternoon humidities hover around 80% both days with excellent overnight recoveries. .THURSDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Patchy fog late in the morning. Rain likely through the day. CWR.................17 percent increasing to 35 percent late in the afternoon. LAL.................1. Max temperature.....45-48. Min humidity........80-85 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light and variable winds becoming south 2 to 7 mph after 10 am. Mixing height.......1300 ft AGL. Transport winds.....South 6 to 10 mph. Haines Index........2 or very low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (PST) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM 8 PM Temp............37 42 43 43 42 39 RH..............96 89 85 86 88 92 20 ft wind......S 4 S 3 SE 2 S 3 S 2 E 2 20 ft wind gust.6 5 5 5 5 5 .THURSDAY NIGHT... Sky/weather.........Cloudy (85-95 percent). Rain likely early in the evening, then rain in the late evening and overnight. Patchy fog overnight. CWR.................35 percent increasing to 72 percent in the late evening and overnight, then decreasing to 51 percent after 3 am. LAL.................1. Min temperature.....35-38. Max humidity........91-96 percent. Wind (20 ft)........South winds 2 to 5 mph becoming light and variable after 5 pm. Mixing height.......600 ft AGL. Transport winds.....South around 6 mph shifting to the southeast 6 to 10 mph in the evening and overnight, then shifting to the south around 8 mph after 3 am. Haines Index........2 or very low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. .FRIDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent) then becoming mostly sunny (45-55 percent). Rain. CWR.................51 percent decreasing to 28 percent in the late morning and afternoon. LAL.................1. Max temperature.....Around 50. Min humidity........75-80 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light and variable through the morning, becoming southwest 9 to 14 mph with gusts up to 25 mph between noon and 4 pm. Mixing height.......3600 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southwest 6 to 14 mph increasing to around 31 mph early in the afternoon, then decreasing to around 16 mph late in the afternoon. Haines Index........2 or very low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. $$ Forecaster...Callihan Requested by...Joel Thompson Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2427126.0/PDT .DELDT 11/20/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL joel.thompson@ctwsbnr.org