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Spot Forecast for High Lava...USFS
National Weather Service Portland OR
616 AM PDT Thu Sep 10 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0800 PDT on September 10.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...Westerly winds over the burn site through Friday.
Winds become slightly elevated today with gusts up to 20-25 mph
possible before 2000 as a weak front moves over the area. Increase
in moisture due to the front will bring daytime RH values in the
50s to 60s with very good overnight recoveries. Rain returns to
the burn site Saturday with a 15-20% chance of thunderstorms
Saturday afternoon.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 65.
Min humidity........60-65 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......West winds 6 to 9 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph after
                    1100.
 Ridgetop...........West winds 6 to 11 mph. Gusts up to 24 mph after
                    1100.
Mixing height.......2300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 8 to 15 mph.

TIME (PDT)      8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........74  69  79  72  69  78  71  63  74  47
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of ltng (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............51  53  55  58  60  62  63  63  63  60
RH..............81  79  77  72  69  65  62  62  62  62
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..6   6   6   6   8   8   9   9   9   8
20 FT wind gust.10  10  12  14  16  18  18  18  18  18
Ridge wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Ridge wind spd..6   7   8   9   9   10  10  11  11  11
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.7 1.3 1.5 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.3 2.2
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.8   9   12  12  13  13  15  15  15  15

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy then becoming mostly cloudy.
CWR.................1 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 40.
Max humidity........94-98 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......West winds 5 to 8 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph
                    before 2000.
 Ridgetop...........West winds 5 to 9 mph. Gusts up to 24 mph
                    before 2000.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 9 to 14 mph.

TIME (PDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........37  34  29  24  44  43  38  27  28  41  60  96
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of ltng (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............60  59  53  50  48  47  46  45  45  45  44  45
RH..............62  61  71  79  85  89  91  92  95  94  95  92
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..8   8   7   7   7   6   6   5   5   4   4   4
20 FT wind gust.17  14  14  14  13  13  11  10  10  10  10  10
Ridge wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Ridge wind spd..9   9   8   8   8   7   7   6   6   5   5   4
Mix hgt (kft)...1.5 1.1 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.14  13  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  9

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy then becoming partly sunny.
CWR.................1 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 57.
Min humidity........52-57 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......West winds up to 5 mph.
 Ridgetop...........West winds up to 6 mph.
Mixing height.......3200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 8 to 9 mph.

TIME (PDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........96  96  91  91  91  63  63  63  68  68  68  67
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of ltng (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............44  42  40  40  42  46  49  54  56  56  57  55
RH..............94  98  100 98  91  82  73  65  58  57  56  57
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..5   5   4   4   3   3   2   2   2   3   3   4
20 FT wind gust.10  10  10  10  10  8   8   8   10  10  10  10
Ridge wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Ridge wind spd..6   5   5   4   4   3   3   3   3   3   3   4
Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 0.6 0.9 1.6 1.9 2.2 3.0 3.2 3.0 3.1 3.0 2.6
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.9   8   9   9   9   9   8   8   9   8   9   8

$$
Forecaster...HEC
Requested by...Brian Scott
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2621427.1/PQR
.DELDT 09/10/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL brian.scott@usda.gov,keith.mcmillen@usda.gov