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FNUS76 KPDT 231129
FWSPDT

Spot Forecast for Crawford RX...Malheur NF
National Weather Service Pendleton OR
429 AM PDT Fri Jun 23 2017

Forecast is based on request time of 0600 PDT on June 23. 
***Thunderstorms imply gusty and erratic winds***
***Winds are 20 foot 10-minute averages***
***CWR-Chance of wetting rain 0.10 or greater***

If you have questions or concerns with this forecast, please
contact our office at (541) 276-8134.

.DISCUSSION....An upper level ridge will continue over the burn 
area through Saturday. High temperatures will increase each day. 
Conditions will remain dry. Winds will be light and mostly 
diurnally terrain driven. Inversions will break by around 10 AM. 
Until then smoke may be trapped in the valleys and canyons. 

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny. Patchy smoke in the morning. 
CWR.................0 percent. 
LAL.................1. 
Max temperature.....79. 
Min humidity........18 percent. 
Wind (20 ft)........Drainage less than 5 mph becoming upslope/up 
                    valley (southwest to west) 1-4 mph after 0900. 
                    Wind becoming northwest 2-5 mph after 1600.
Ridgetop wind.......West to northwest winds 4-7 mph. 
Mixing height.......1300 ft AGL increasing to 5200 ft AGL in the 
                    afternoon. 
Transport winds.....Light winds becoming northwest 6-10 mph in 
                    the afternoon. 
Haines Index........4 (low). 

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear. 
CWR.................0 percent. 
LAL.................1. 
Min temperature.....44-46. 
Max humidity........65-69 percent. 
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest to north winds 2-5 mph becoming 
                    drainage less than 5 mph after 2000. 
Ridgetop wind.......Northwest winds 4-7 mph. 
Mixing height.......5600 ft AGL lowering to near surface 
                    overnight. 
Transport winds.....Northwest to north 6-10 mph becoming light 
                    overnight. 
Haines Index........4 (low). 

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny. 
CWR.................0 percent. 
LAL.................1. 
Max temperature.....84-86. 
Min humidity........17-19 percent. 
Wind (20 ft)........Upslope/up valley less than 5 mph becoming 
                    north 2-5 mph late in the afternoon. 
Ridgetop wind.......Northwest to north winds 4-7 mph decreasing 
                    to 2-5 mph by afternoon. 
Mixing height.......Near surface increasing to 5700 ft AGL in the 
                    afternoon. 
Transport winds.....Light winds becoming northwest to north 5-9 
                    mph in the afternoon. 
Haines Index........4 (low). 

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Forecaster...GKH
Requested by...D Cates
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 1711473.0/PDT
.EMAIL dacates@fs.fed.us