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Spot Forecast for High RX...USFS
National Weather Service Portland OR
809 AM PDT Tue May 5 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 PDT on May 05.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...Morning clouds will give way to afternoon sun today.
Light winds this morning should eventually give way to westerly
winds in the mid to late afternoon, sustained between 5 and 10
mph. Similar conditions are expected tomorrow, however it will
be a touch warmer and drier due to less morning cloud cover.


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy in the morning, becoming sunny in the
afternoon.
CWR.................2 percent.
Chance of lightning.5 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 68.
Min humidity........55 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds becoming west 5 to 7 mph in the
                    afternoon.
 Ridgetop...........Light winds becoming west 6 to 9 mph in the
afternoon.
Mixing height.......2500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 5 to 8 mph.

TIME (PDT)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........90  80  50  11  9   8   11  13
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of ltng (%).0   0   0   0   10  10  10  0
Temp............56  59  63  65  66  68  68  68
RH..............71  65  63  57  56  54  53  56
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..2   3   5   6   6   6   6   6
20 FT wind gust.4   6   7   8   10  10  10  10
Ridge wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Ridge wind spd..3   4   6   6   7   8   8   8
Mix hgt (kft)...1.5 1.8 1.9 2.0 2.2 2.4 2.5 2.4
Transp wind dir.NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
Transp wind spd.5   5   6   7   7   8   8   8


.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear.
CWR.................2 percent.
Chance of lightning.2 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 51.
Max humidity........81 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Northwest winds 5 to 6 mph early in the evening
                    becoming light.
 Ridgetop...........NOrthwest winds 7 to 9 mph early in the evening
becoming light.
Mixing height.......100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 5 to 7 mph shifting to the east 2 to
                    5 mph late in the evening.

TIME (PDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........14  15  12  14  23  20  23  12  22  20  22  35
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............68  66  63  59  58  56  55  54  53  52  52  51
RH..............56  61  66  71  76  79  80  83  80  81  80  82
20 FT wind dir..NW  W   NW  W   S   S   S   SE  SE  E   E   SE
20 FT wind spd..6   5   4   2   2   2   1   1   1   1   1   1
20 FT wind gust.10  7   6   5   4   2   2   2   2   2   2   2
Ridge wind dir..NW  NW  NW  NW  S   S   S   S   S   E   E   E
Ridge wind spd..8   8   7   5   4   3   3   3   2   2   2   2
Mix hgt (kft)...2.1 1.5 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1
Transp wind dir.NW  NW  NW  NW  N   E   SE  SE  E   E   E   SE
Transp wind spd.7   6   6   6   5   5   3   3   3   3   3   2


.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy in the morning, becoming mostly
sunny in the afternoon.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.1 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 73.
Min humidity........45 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds becoming west 6 to 7 mph late in
                    the mid to late afternoon.
 Ridgetop...........Light winds becoming west 7 to 9 mph in the
mid to late afternoon.
Mixing height.......3900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 2 to 3 mph shifting to the west 5 to
                    9 mph in the late morning and early afternoon,
                    then increasing to around 10 mph late in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (PDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........50  50  40  35  30  10  2   2   3   3   3   10
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............52  53  55  59  62  66  68  70  72  72  71  71
RH..............80  75  69  64  58  54  50  47  45  45  46  48
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  W   W   W   W   W   W   NW
20 FT wind spd..1   1   1   1   1   3   3   3   6   6   6   7
20 FT wind gust.2   2   2   2   2   5   5   5   10  10  10  11
Ridge wind dir..E   E   E   E   E   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Ridge wind spd..2   2   2   3   3   4   5   5   8   9   9   9
Mix hgt (kft)...0.1 0.2 0.5 1.0 1.6 2.2 2.9 3.5 3.9 3.9 3.7 3.1
Transp wind dir.SE  SE  SE  S   SW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.2   2   2   3   5   6   7   7   8   9   10  10


$$
Forecaster...Kranz
Requested by...Kenyan King
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2612704.0/PQR
.DELDT 05/05/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL kenyan.king@usda.gov