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Spot Forecast for Wildcat...USFS
National Weather Service Pendleton OR
631 PM PDT Tue Oct 7 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 PDT on October 08.
***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.

.DISCUSSION...Winds will generally be less than 10mph, and shifting
from the southwest to west Wednesday into Wednesday night, then
shifting to the east Thursday. Afternoon RHs will be in the lower 40s
tomorrow, and upper 40s Thursday with good to excellent overnight
recovery. Another night of clear skies will bring cold morning lows
tomorrow morning. An approaching system will increase light precip
chances across the burn area Wednesday night into Thursday morning.
Light snow will also be possible as low as 5.5kft in elevation
Wednesday night, with mostly rain during the day Thursday.


.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (50-60 percent) then becoming
                    sunny (15-25 percent). Haze in the morning.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.1 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 60.
Min humidity........39-44 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 4 to 7 mph.
Ridgetop wind.......Southwest winds 5 to 8 mph.
Mixing height.......4400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 12 mph.
Ventilation Index...Poor (160) increasing to fair (440) in the
                    afternoon.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (15-25 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (65-75 percent). Chance of rain
                    showers.
CWR.................18 percent.
Chance of lightning.1 percent.
Min temperature.....35-38.
Max humidity........79-84 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds around 5 mph becoming drainage winds
after 9PM.
Ridgetop wind.......West winds 4 to 7 mph shifting to the south
after 11PM, then shifting to the east after
4AM.
Mixing height.......1500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 7 mph.
Ventilation Index...Poor (140) decreasing to poor (80) overnight.

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent). Chance of rain
                    showers.
CWR.................50 percent.
Chance of lightning.3 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 60.
Min humidity........47-52 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light drainage winds becoming east 4 to 7 mph
after 11AM.
Ridgetop wind.......East winds 4 to 7 mph.
Mixing height.......4900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast around 10 mph.
Ventilation Index...Poor (100) increasing to fair (390) in the
                    afternoon.

$$
Forecaster...Lawhorn
Requested by...Aana Kulaas
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 10/07/25
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.EMAIL aana_kulaas@firenet.gov,nicholas.wigle@usda.gov