628
FNUS76 KPDT 191235
FWSPDT

Spot Forecast for Taneum TS...USFS
National Weather Service Pendleton OR
435 AM PST Wed Feb 19 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 PST on February 19.
***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...A warm front passage this morning will increase
snow chances and increase southeast winds at the fire site.
Winds will switch to the west as an upper trough moves inland
later this afternoon, and will continue to remain elevated
through the overnight hours. Winds and snow chances will
decrease late tomorrow morning as the upper trough exits to
the east. Snow accumulations will be around 4 to 6 inches
through Thursday morning.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (85-95 percent). Snow early in the
                    morning, then snow likely in the afternoon.
CWR.................91 percent decreasing to 32 percent.
Chance of thunder...2 percent.
Max temperature.....32-35.
Min humidity........75-80 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 7 to 14 mph shifting to the
                    west 7 to 13 mph late in the afternoon.
Ridgetop wind.......Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph shifting to the
west late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......600 ft AGL in the late morning and early
                    afternoon.
Transport winds.....South 12 to 15 mph shifting to the west around
                    14 mph late in the afternoon.

TIME (PST)      8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM
Chc of thdr (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............25     27     30     32     32     31
RH..............91     92     93     94     83     83
20 ft wind......SE 13  SE 12  SE 12  SE 10  W 10   W 10
20 ft wind gust.14     14     14     11     11     11

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent). Snow likely
                    early in the evening, then chance of snow in
                    the late evening and overnight. Slight chance
                    of snow after 3 am.
CWR.................32 percent decreasing to 3 percent after 3 am.
Chance of thunder...2 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 30.
Max humidity........78-83 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 10 to 18 mph with gusts to 27 mph.
Ridgetop wind.......West winds 14 to 21 mph with gusts to
30 mph.
Mixing height.......Near Surface.
Transport winds.....West 14 to 18 mph.

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (55-65 percent). Slight chance of
                    snow early in the mornSnow chances will continue ing.
CWR.................3 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....35-38.
Min humidity........67-72 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 10 to 17 mph with gusts to 27 mph,
becoming 7 to 13 mph late in the afternoon.
Ridgetop wind.......West winds 14 to 21 mph with gusts to 30 mph,
becoming 10 to 15 mph late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......1200 ft AGL in the late morning and afternoon.
Transport winds.....West 15 to 22 mph.

$$
Forecaster...Lawhorn
Requested by...Cris Machado
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2503178.0/PDT
.DELDT 02/19/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL kenton.bass@usda.gov,Jason.Buda@usda.gov,cris.machado@usda.gov