Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Portland, OR
Issued by NWS Portland, OR
660
FNUS76 KPQR 291844
FWSPQR
Spot Forecast for Incident 241...USFS WIF
National Weather Service Portland OR
1144 AM PDT Wed Jul 29 2026
Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1400 PDT on July 29.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.
.DISCUSSION...Dry with near normal temperatures with excellent
humidity recovery overnight. Some instability this afternoon
though thunderstorms not expected; instead will lead to ample
mixing. Similar conditions on Thursday. Winds will generally be
onshore with a diurnal afternoon component with a brief period of
upslope winds after 1400. Brief warm up on Friday though humidity
remains above critical levels.
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 73.
Min humidity........48 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
Slope/valley.......West winds 7 to 8 mph.
Ridgetop...........West winds 8 to 10 mph with isolated afternoon
gusts up to 15 mph.
Mixing height.......3900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 12 to 13 mph.
TIME (PDT) 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........7 3 1 4
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0
Chc of ltng (%).0 0 0 0
Temp............73 72 72 70
RH..............49 50 51 54
20 FT wind dir..W W W W
20 FT wind spd..7 7 8 7
20 FT wind gust.14 14 14 14
Ridge wind dir..W W W W
Ridge wind spd..7 7 8 8
Mix hgt (kft)...3.9 3.9 3.3 3.0
Transp wind dir.W W W W
Transp wind spd.12 12 12 13
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly clear.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.1 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 43.
Max humidity........94 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
Slope/valley.......Northwest winds 6 to 7 mph early in the evening
becoming light.
Ridgetop...........West winds 7 to 9 mph become northeast less than 5
mph overnight.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 5 to 13 mph shifting to the south around 5
mph after 3 am.
TIME (PDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........6 11 18 21 29 25 23 18 21 16 15 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............68 66 60 55 52 49 48 47 46 45 45 44
RH..............57 62 69 81 88 92 94 94 93 92 89 87
20 FT wind dir..NW NW NW NW W W W SW S S S S
20 FT wind spd..7 7 6 6 4 3 3 2 2 2 3 3
20 FT wind gust.14 14 14 11 8 6 6 5 5 5 5 6
Ridge wind dir..W W W N N N NE NE NE NE NE NE
Ridge wind spd..9 9 9 7 6 5 4 3 3 3 2 2
Mix hgt (kft)...2.8 2.2 1.6 1.1 0.9 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.W W NW NW W W W W W SW SW S
Transp wind spd.13 13 12 9 8 6 5 3 5 5 5 5
.THURSDAY...
Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 72.
Min humidity........40 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
Slope/valley.......Light winds becoming northwest 5 to 7 mph late
in the morning.
Ridgetop...........Light winds becoming west 7 to 9 mph. Gusts up
to 13 mph in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......3100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 5 to 7 mph shifting to the west 9 to
12 mph late in the morning.
TIME (PDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........12 7 5 15 51 71 57 61 68 70 57 35
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............43 47 53 56 63 66 68 70 71 71 72 70
RH..............84 72 59 51 45 41 40 40 40 40 40 43
20 FT wind dir..S S W W W W W W W NW W NW
20 FT wind spd..3 2 2 2 4 5 6 6 6 6 7 6
20 FT wind gust.5 5 5 6 7 10 10 11 12 12 13 13
Ridge wind dir..NE NE NE N N NW NW W W W W W
Ridge wind spd..2 2 3 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 8
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.6 1.6 2.1 2.5 2.9 3.1 3.1 3.0 2.9 2.7
Transp wind dir.S S S SW SW W W W W W W W
Transp wind spd.5 5 5 7 7 9 10 9 12 12 12 10
$$
Forecaster...Muessle
Requested by...Sandra Quintana
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2618154.10/PQR
.DELDT 07/29/26
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