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Spot Forecast for High 23...USFS
National Weather Service Portland OR
721 AM PDT Wed May 6 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 PDT on May 06.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...High pressure offshore will maintain dry conditions.
A nocturnal inversion this morning will break by 1000-1200. Another
nocturnal inversion will re-form at 2000-2300 tonight, then break
by 1000-1200 Thursday. Today and Thursday, afternoons will have
brief periods of clear skies.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy then becoming mostly sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 70 to 75.
Min humidity........43 to 49 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds becoming northwest 5 to 8 mph in the
                    afternoon.
 Ridgetop...........Light winds becoming west 7 to 10 mph in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......3200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 3 to 10 mph shifting to the northwest 9 to
                    10 mph late in the afternoon.

TIME (PDT)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........27  20  14  5   5   11  15  26  29
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of ltng (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............57  60  62  65  68  68  69  70  69
RH..............68  62  57  54  50  49  47  47  46
20 FT wind dir..SW  W   W   W   W   W   NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..1   2   4   5   7   8   8   8   7
20 FT wind gust.2   4   6   7   10  13  13  12  12
Ridge wind dir..SW  W   W   W   W   W   NW  NW  NW
Ridge wind spd..3   4   6   7   9   10  10  10  9
Mix hgt (kft)...1.3 1.9 2.1 2.5 3.1 3.2 3.1 3.1 2.8
Transp wind dir.SW  W   W   W   W   W   W   NW  NW
Transp wind spd.3   5   5   6   9   10  10  10  9

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 48 to 50.
Max humidity........81 to 86 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Northwest winds 6 to 7 mph early in the evening
                    becoming light.
 Ridgetop...........West winds 8 to 9 mph early in the evening
                    becoming light.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 5 to 9 mph shifting to the south 3 to
                    5 mph late in the evening, then shifting to the
                    southeast around 3 mph after 3 am.

TIME (PDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........35  41  43  51  48  48  48  46  51  56  44  51
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............69  68  65  61  58  56  55  53  52  51  50  50
RH..............46  52  58  64  70  74  77  79  81  82  82  82
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  NW  W   SW  N   N   N   N   N   N   N
20 FT wind spd..7   6   4   2   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
20 FT wind gust.10  10  6   5   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2
Ridge wind dir..NW  NW  NW  W   SW  N   N   N   N   N   N   N
Ridge wind spd..9   8   6   4   3   2   1   1   1   1   0   0
Mix hgt (kft)...2.6 1.7 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4
Transp wind dir.NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  SW  S   S   SW  S   SE  SE
Transp wind spd.9   7   6   5   5   5   3   3   3   3   3   3

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy then becoming mostly sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 69 to 76.
Min humidity........35 to 39 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds becoming northwest 6 to 7 mph late in
                    the morning.
 Ridgetop...........Light winds becoming west 8 to 11 mph late in the
                    morning.
Mixing height.......4500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast around 3 mph shifting to the south
                    around 5 mph early in the morning, then
                    shifting to the west 6 to 12 mph in the late
                    morning and afternoon.

TIME (PDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........51  51  22  22  22  8   8   8   3   3   3   2
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............49  51  53  56  60  62  65  67  68  69  69  69
RH..............79  76  72  61  54  47  44  40  38  37  37  37
20 FT wind dir..N   N   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..0   0   1   1   1   6   6   6   6   6   6   7
20 FT wind gust.2   2   4   4   4   10  10  10  11  11  11  11
Ridge wind dir..N   N   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Ridge wind spd..0   1   3   3   3   8   8   8   8   8   9   11
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.5 0.9 1.6 2.3 2.9 4.3 4.5 4.2 4.5 4.2 3.3
Transp wind dir.NE  SE  S   SW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.3   5   5   6   7   7   9   9   9   10  10  12

$$
Forecaster...Hall
Requested by...Sequoia Gjerde
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2612847.0/PQR
.DELDT 05/06/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL sequoia.gjerde@usda.gov,matthew.pederson@usda.gov