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Spot Forecast for Rice Fire...ODF
National Weather Service Portland OR
431 PM PDT Thu Jun 19 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1700 PDT on June 19.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...Cold front arrives after 2400. Westerly downslope
winds after 1100 with a 10% chance of gusts greater than 25 mph
after 1300. Thunder chances increase after 0700 becoming 25-30%
chance after 1300. Thunder chances fall below 10% after 2200.
Showers will produce locally heavy rainfall which could be as high
as 0.75 inch if storms sit directly overhead.


.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of rain showers
                    after 3 am.
CWR.................4 percent increasing to 53 percent early in the
                    morning.
Chance of thunder...4 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 49.
Max humidity........96 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Northwest winds 6 to 8 mph early in the evening
                    becoming light.
 Ridgetop...........West 8 to 10 mph with gusts up to 16 mph.
Mixing height.......1000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 13 to 20 mph shifting to the northwest 6
                    to 10 mph late in the evening, then shifting to
                    the southwest after 3 am.

TIME (PDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........60  65  78  76  78  80  66  72  71  73  89  72
Weather cov.....                                        SCH SCH
Weather type....                                        RW  RW
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   50
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............66  64  60  57  55  54  52  51  51  50  50  49
RH..............58  64  71  76  80  83  85  89  91  94  94  96
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  W   W   W   SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..8   8   7   6   4   4   3   2   2   2   1   2
20 FT wind gust.12  12  10      5   5   4               2
Ridge wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   SW  SW  SW  SW
Ridge wind spd..9   9   9   9   9   9   9   9   10  10  10  10
Mix hgt (kft)...3.5 3.4 2.8 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.1
Transp wind dir.N   N   N   N   NW  NW  NW  NW  W   W   W   SW
Transp wind spd.16  18  20  16  13  10  9   8   6   6   6   7

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Rain showers and chance of
                    thunderstorms.
CWR.................53 percent decreasing to 6 percent late in the
                    afternoon.
Chance of thunder...28 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 61.
Min humidity........75 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds becoming southwest 5 to 6 mph in
                    the late morning becoming southwest 8 to 9 mph
with gusts up to 16 mph after noon. Gusty and
erratic winds expected near thunderstorms.
 Ridgetop...........West 8 to 10 mph with gusts up to 16 mph. Isolated
gusts up to 20 mph in the morning.
Mixing height.......3500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 8 to 17 mph.

TIME (PDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........77  85  82  86  90  95  96  94  86  85  75  93
Weather cov.....CHC CHC LKY DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF LKY LKY DEF
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........        SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH
CWR.............50  50  50  50  50  50  50  50  50  50  50  10
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   20  20  20  30  30  30  30  30  30  20
Temp............50  50  52  54  55  56  57  58  59  59  60  60
RH..............96  96  94  87  86  82  81  77  77  75  75  75
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  W   W
20 FT wind spd..2   2   3   4   5   5   6   6   6   6   6   5
20 FT wind gust.        4   5   6   6       7   7   7   7   6
Ridge wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  W   W
Ridge wind spd..8   8   8   8   8   8   8   8   8   8   8   8
Mix hgt (kft)...1.1 1.6 2.1 2.5 2.8 2.8 3.0 3.5 3.5 3.0 3.3 3.3
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.8   9   10  13  13  16  15  16  17  17  16  16

$$
Forecaster...Muessle
Requested by...Western Lane
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2516279.0/PQR
.DELDT 06/19/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL westernlanedispatch@odf.oregon.gov