Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Portland, OR
Issued by NWS Portland, OR
308
FNUS76 KPQR 282022
FWSPQR
Spot Forecast for Incident 241...USFS WIF
National Weather Service Portland OR
122 PM PDT Tue Jul 28 2026
Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1400 PDT on July 28.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.
.DISCUSSION...Dry with northwesterly winds less than 10 mph. Elevated
westerly diurnally driven winds in the afternoons with gusts up to
15 mph. Ample mixing due to remnants of a decaying front today.
Downslope winds overnight with a slight northeast direction over
ridgetops. Excellent overnight humidity recovery pressure
continues to build through the week.
*Ridgetop winds represent an elevation of 5600 ft.
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 70.
Min humidity........47 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
Slope/valley.......Northwest winds around 7 mph.
Ridgetop...........Northwest winds around 8 mph.
Mixing height.......3500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West around 12 mph.
TIME (PDT) 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........2 4 0 1
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0
Chc of ltng (%).0 0 0 0
Temp............69 69 70 68
RH..............47 47 47 49
20 FT wind dir..W W NW NW
20 FT wind spd..7 7 7 7
20 FT wind gust.14 14 14 14
Ridge wind dir..NW NW NW NW
Ridge wind spd..6 7 8 8
Mix hgt (kft)...3.4 3.5 3.3 3.0
Transp wind dir.W W W W
Transp wind spd.12 12 12 12
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly clear.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 43.
Max humidity........93 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
Slope/valley.......Northwest winds 5 to 7 mph early in the evening
becoming light.
Ridgetop...........Northwest 5 to 7 mph becoming northeast less than
5 mph.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 3 to 12 mph shifting to the north
around 3 mph overnight, then shifting to the
southeast around 5 mph after 3 am.
TIME (PDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........4 2 14 15 26 18 13 15 14 14 15 16
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............67 64 60 55 52 50 49 48 47 46 45 45
RH..............52 57 64 77 86 91 91 91 93 93 93 90
20 FT wind dir..NW NW NW NW NW W W SW S S S SE
20 FT wind spd..7 7 6 5 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 3
20 FT wind gust.14 14 14 10 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 5
Ridge wind dir..NW NW NW NW N N N NE NE NE NE NE
Ridge wind spd..8 8 8 7 7 6 5 5 3 3 3 3
Mix hgt (kft)...2.4 2.1 1.2 1.1 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.W W NW NW NW NW NW W N E SE SE
Transp wind spd.12 12 10 8 7 5 3 3 3 5 5 5
.WEDNESDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 72.
Min humidity........46 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
Slope/valley.......Light winds becoming northwest 5 to 7 mph late
in the morning.
Ridgetop...........Light northeast winds becoming northwest 6 to 8
mph in the early afternoon.
Mixing height.......3800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 5 to 6 mph shifting to the west 9 to
10 mph late in the afternoon.
TIME (PDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........13 4 4 1 2 2 2 2 2 21 9 12
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 47 53 57 63 67 69 70 72 72 72 70
RH..............90 80 64 56 50 46 44 45 45 45 46 49
20 FT wind dir..S SE SE NW NW NW NW W W W NW NW
20 FT wind spd..2 2 2 2 3 5 6 6 7 7 7 7
20 FT wind gust.5 5 4 5 6 8 10 12 13 14 14 14
Ridge wind dir..NE NE NE NE N N NW NW NW NW NW NW
Ridge wind spd..2 2 3 3 5 5 5 7 7 8 8 8
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.6 1.5 2.4 2.7 3.6 3.8 3.7 3.6 3.3 3.1
Transp wind dir.SE SE S SW SW W W W W W W W
Transp wind spd.6 5 5 6 7 7 9 10 9 10 10 10
$$
Forecaster...Muessle
Requested by...Sandra Quintana
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2618154.8/PQR
.DELDT 07/28/26
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