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Spot Forecast for Wildcat...SE WA Team 1
National Weather Service Pendleton OR
1132 AM PDT Mon Sep 29 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1200 PDT on September 29.
***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...A wet forecast is in store for the site as an
offshore weather system circulates multiple rounds of rain showers
into the Pacific Northwest. The bulk of the rainfall associated
with this system is expected to fall this evening and tomorrow
night, before rain becomes more intermittent Wednesday onward.
Winds will flow primarily from the southwest under this ongoing
pattern. Wetting rains for the site are likely.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (85-95 percent). Rain showers (90-100%
                    chance) with a slight chance of thunderstorms
                    in the afternoon (15-20%).
CWR.................59 percent decreasing to 16 percent late in the
                    afternoon.
Chance of lightning.17 percent.
Max temperature.....62-65.
Min humidity........69-74 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms.
Ridgetop wind.......Southwest winds 6 to 12 mph.
Mixing height.......3900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 12 to 20 mph.
Ventilation Index...Good (620).

TIME (PDT)      NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM   8 PM   10 PM
Chc of ltng (%).10     20     20     10     0      0
Temp............60     59     57     56     53     50
RH..............71     71     76     80     86     88
20 ft wind......SW 7   SW 6   SW 6   SW 5   SW 5   SW 5
20 ft wind gust.11     10     10     10     7      7

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent). Rain showers
                    early in the evening (50-60 percent), decreasing
                    overnight.
CWR.................16 percent decreasing to 0 percent late in the
                    evening.
Chance of lightning.13 percent.
Min temperature.....41-44.
Max humidity........80-85 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West-Southwest winds 5 to 8 mph.
Ridgetop wind.......West-Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
Mixing height.......2000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 10 to 15 mph.
Ventilation Index...Fair (370) decreasing to fair (260) overnight.

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (50-60 percent) then becoming
                    cloudy (90-100 percent). Rain showers, starting
                    mainly in the late afternoon (45-55 percent).
CWR.................9 percent increasing to 93 percent late in the
                    afternoon.
Chance of lightning.4 percent.
Max temperature.....60-63.
Min humidity........41-46 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 8 mph.
Ridgetop wind.......Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
Mixing height.......5900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 10 to 18 mph.
Ventilation Index...Fair (220) increasing to excellent (880) in the
                    afternoon.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.WEDNESDAY...
Showers. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs in the mid 50s. Southwest
winds around 5 mph.
.THURSDAY...
Mostly cloudy. Showers likely. Lows around 40. Highs in the mid
50s. Light winds.
.FRIDAY...
Partly cloudy. Chance of showers. Lows in the upper 30s. Highs
around 60. Light winds.

$$
Forecaster...Evans
Requested by...Kim Soper
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2522638.0/PDT
.DELDT 09/29/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL 2025.wildcat.situation@firenet.gov,kimjsoper@gmail.com