Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Portland, OR
Issued by NWS Portland, OR
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Spot Forecast for Nails Knob Broadcast Burn...NWOD - BLM
National Weather Service Portland OR
754 AM PST Tue Jan 27 2026
Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 PST on January 27.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.
.DISCUSSION...High pressure will maintain cool and dry conditions
with light offshore winds through early this afternoon. A frontal
system will move across the area later this afternoon with rain
becoming likely by 4 PM and winds turning more southerly.
Scattered showers likely overnight. A warm front lifts across the
area on Wednesday with another round of light rain.
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain in the afternoon.
Rain late in the afternoon.
CWR.................5 percent increasing to 40 percent late in the
afternoon.
Chance of lightning.5 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 50.
Min humidity........61-65 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
Slope/valley.......Light winds becoming southwest around 6 mph
late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 2 to 5 mph shifting to the southwest 6 to
9 mph late in the afternoon.
TIME (PST) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........85 82 75 71 59 55 71 87 91 91
Weather cov..... CHC LKY DEF
Weather type.... RN RN RN
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 40
Chc of ltng (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5
Temp............35 36 39 41 45 47 48 49 47 46
RH..............79 77 75 75 68 63 65 67 70 76
20 FT wind dir..NE NE E E E E E SW SW S
20 FT wind spd..3 3 2 2 2 3 3 4 6 4
20 FT wind gust.4 4 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.NE E E E E E SE SW SW S
Transp wind spd.5 3 2 3 3 3 5 6 7 9
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Rain in the evening. Chance
of rain overnight.
CWR.................40 percent decreasing to 3 percent.
Chance of lightning.5 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 40.
Max humidity........95-99 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
Slope/valley.......South winds 5 to 6 mph.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 10 to 18 mph.
TIME (PST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
Sky (%).........89 87 84 88 70 81
Weather cov.....CHANCE CHANCE DEFNTE DEFNTE CHANCE CHANCE
Weather type....RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN
Tstm cov........
CWR.............40 40 40 40 40 0
Chc of ltng (%). 5 5 5 5 0 0
Temp............45 44 44 44 44 43
RH..............80 81 88 91 93 95
20 ft wind......S 5 S 6 S 5 S 6 S 6 S 6
20 ft wind gust.6 8 10 11 12 11
Mix hgt (ft)....400 400 400 400 500 400
Transport wind..S 10 S 14 SW 18 SW 15 SW 14 SW 13
.WEDNESDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain early in the
morning, then rain likely in the late morning
and afternoon.
CWR.................3 percent increasing to 30 percent late in the
afternoon.
Chance of lightning.1 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 51.
Min humidity........80 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
Slope/valley.......South winds around 6 mph.
Ridgetop...........
Mixing height.......1600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 10 to 15 mph.
TIME (PST) 6 AM 10 AM 2 PM
Sky (%).........81 83 86
Weather cov.....CHANCE LIKELY LIKELY
Weather type....RAIN RAIN RAIN
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0
Chc of ltng (%).0 0 0
Temp............42 46 51
RH..............95 92 81
20 FT wind......S 6G11 S 6G11 S 6G14
Mix hgt (ft)....400 1000 1200
Transport wind..S 13 S 14 SW 13
$$
Forecaster...Hartsock
Requested by...Spencer Ware
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2601015.1/PQR
.DELDT 01/27/26
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.EMAIL saware@blm.gov