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Spot Forecast for Shingle Fire...ODF
National Weather Service Pendleton OR
603 PM PDT Sat Jul 25 2026
Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 PDT on July 26.
***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 transport wind
multiplied by the mixing height in 100`s of ft.
Categories are a generalized indicator only:
low (< 200), moderate (200-500), high (500-700),
and very high (> 700). ***
If you have questions or concerns with this forecast, please
contact our office at (541) 276-8134.
.DISCUSSION...Morning inversion breaks between 0800-0900 with the
thermal belt around 5500 feet. Slightly cooler (-2) but drier
(-1%) day today. Winds increase through the afternoon due to a
gradient developing along the Cascades, peaking between 1600-2100
each day.
.SUNDAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent). Smoke.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....77-85.
Min humidity........14-19 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 2 to 6 mph after
0800, then shifting to the southwest 5
to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph after noon.
Winds peak between 1600-2000.
Ridgetop wind.......Light winds becoming south 3 to 7 mph after
0800, then shifting to the southwest 6 to 12
mph with gusts up to 23 mph after noon. Winds
peak between 1600-2000.
Mixing height.......8500 ft AGL early in the morning.
Transport winds.....Light winds becoming southwest 8 to 17 mph
early in the morning, then shifting to the
northwest late in the afternoon.
Ventilation Index...Low (50-100) increasing to very high (960-1050)
in the afternoon.
TIME (PDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Chc of ltng (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............51 55 59 62 68 72 75 77 79 80 80 80
RH..............64 56 49 42 36 30 25 23 20 18 18 18
20 FT wind dir..SW S S SE S S SW SW SW W NW NW
20 FT wind spd..1 1 2 2 3 3 5 6 6 7 8 10
20 FT wind gust.4 4 5 5 7 7 8 9 10 14 15 19
.SUNDAY NIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (5-15 percent). Smoke.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Min temperature.....48-53.
Max humidity........63-69 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up
to 20 mph in the evening becoming light
after midnight.
Ridgetop wind.......Northwest winds 6 to 12 mph with gusts up
to 23 mph in the evening becoming light
after midnight.
Mixing height.......1400 ft AGL in the evening.
Transport winds.....Northwest 6 to 15 mph.
Ventilation Index...Moderate (430-460) decreasing to low (30-40)
overnight.
.MONDAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....76-84.
Min humidity........17-22 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light downslope/downvalley winds becoming west
2 to 6 mph after noon, then northwest 5 to 10
mph with gusts up to 18 mph after 1600. Winds
peak between 1800-2100.
Ridgetop wind.......Light winds becoming west 2 to 6 mph after
noon, then northwest 6 to 12 mph with gusts up
to 20 mph after 1600. Winds peak between
1800-2100.
Mixing height.......9000 ft AGL early in the morning.
Transport winds.....West around 6 mph early in the morning becoming
light, then becoming southwest 9 to 13 mph late
in the morning.
Ventilation Index...Low (30-40) increasing to high to very high
(650-750) in the afternoon.
$$
Forecaster...Callihan
Requested by...Dave Isackson
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2618138.2/PDT
.DELDT 07/25/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL david_isackson@firenet.gov