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Spot Forecast for Bear Creek...USFS
National Weather Service Portland OR
319 AM PDT Fri Jul 17 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 PDT on July 17.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...High pressure builds today, leading to warmer and
drier conditions through the weekend. RH will remain above
critical thresholds with high overnight humidity recovery through
the weekend. Persistent westerly flow, sustained winds 5-10 mph with
gusts up to 25 mph between 1500-2100 PDT on Friday and Saturday.

*Ridgetop winds equate to around 4500 ft

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 67 to 73.
Min humidity........40 to 47 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......West winds 6 to 9 mph. Gusts up to 23 mph late
                    in the afternoon.
 Ridgetop...........West winds 8 to 11 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph late
                    in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......2400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 10 to 17 mph.

TIME (PDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........21  12  5   2   3   2   2   1   1   1   1   1
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............46  48  51  53  58  62  66  67  68  69  68  68
RH..............78  72  68  63  57  51  47  45  43  43  43  44
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..6   6   6   6   6   6   6   7   8   8   9   9
20 FT wind gust.10  10  11  11  11  12  13  14  17  18  18  19
Ridge wind dir..7   7   7   7   7   7   7   8   8   9   9   11
Ridge wind spd..10  10  11  11  11  12  13  14  17  18  20  22
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.5 0.7 1.3 1.3 1.8 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.4 2.3 2.1
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.12  12  10  12  10  12  13  13  14  15  16  17

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 49 to 51.
Max humidity........70 to 78 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Southwest winds 6 to 11 mph. Gusts up to 24 mph
                    early in the evening.
 Ridgetop...........Southwest winds 6 to 11 mph. Gusts up to 24 mph
                    early in the evening.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 12 to 17 mph.

TIME (PDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........1   4   3   4   9   4   11  13  13  13  19  19
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............66  62  59  56  54  53  52  52  52  51  51  51
RH..............46  51  58  66  69  70  73  73  73  72  73  74
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   SW  W   SW  SW  SW  SW  W
20 FT wind spd..10  11  11  10  9   8   7   7   6   6   6   6
20 FT wind gust.19  19  19  17  14  13  12  11  10  10  10  10
Ridge wind dir..10  11  11  10  9   8   7   7   6   6   6   6
Ridge wind spd..19  19  19  17  14  13  12  11  10  10  10  10
Mix hgt (kft)...1.9 1.6 0.9 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   SW  W   W   W   W   W   SW  SW
Transp wind spd.17  17  16  15  13  13  12  13  12  12  12  12

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 70 to 74.
Min humidity........38 to 43 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......West winds 6 to 9 mph. Gusts up to 22 mph late
                    in the morning.
 Ridgetop...........West winds 6 to 9 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph late
                    in the morning.
Mixing height.......2900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 10 to 17 mph.

TIME (PDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........19  19  11  11  11  2   2   2   1   1   1   0
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  52  55  57  62  66  69  70  71  72  71  71
RH..............75  70  65  59  54  48  45  42  41  40  40  41
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..6   6   6   6   6   7   7   7   9   9   9   9
20 FT wind gust.10  10  12  12  12  16  16  16  18  18  18  18
Ridge wind dir..6   6   6   6   6   7   7   7   9   9   9   9
Ridge wind spd..10  10  12  12  12  16  16  16  18  18  20  22
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.9 1.4 1.7 2.1 2.9 2.9 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.3
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.10  12  10  12  12  12  10  12  15  13  14  17

$$
Forecaster...Hall
Requested by...Michael Whitaker
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2617481.1/PQR
.DELDT 07/17/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL michael.whitaker@usda.gov,waccc@firenet.gov