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Spot Forecast for Little Crow...USFS
National Weather Service Pendleton OR
643 AM PDT Wed Oct 30 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0730 PDT on October 30. 
***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 low pressure system and surface
frontal system will impact the fire site beginning late this
morning through Friday. While rain or a rain/snow mix will 
develop in valley areas while ridges will see more snow to
a rain/snow mix develop. Snow accumulations up to 2 inches
is forecast in the fire area. Precip is expected to transition 
to mostly rain along area ridges Friday. Brief period of 
breezy winds this morning, otherwise light winds from the 
southeast to the southwest will prevail through Friday.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Slight chance of 
                    snow early in the morning. Snow likely late in 
                    the morning, then snow late in the afternoon. 
CWR.................0 percent increasing to 54 percent late in the 
                    morning, then decreasing to 7 percent late in 
                    the afternoon. 
LAL.................1. 
Max temperature.....40-43. 
Min humidity........64-69 percent. 
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 6 to 11 mph. 
Ridgetop wind.......Southeast winds 7 to 12 mph.
Mixing height.......2000 ft AGL. 
Transport winds.....Southeast 10 to 17 mph. 
Haines Index........2 to 4 or very low to low potential for large 
                    plume dominated fire growth. 

TIME (PDT)      7 AM   9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM   
Temp............29     29     35     40     39     35     
RH..............96     100    79     69     71     85     
20 ft wind......SE 8   SE 11  SE 8   SE 8   SE 8   SE 7   
20 ft wind gust.11     17     16     16     14     13     

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent) then becoming 
                    partly cloudy (45-55 percent) then becoming 
                    mostly cloudy (55-65 percent). Snow early in 
                    the evening, then chance of snow early in the 
                    evening. Chance of snow early in the morning. 
                    Widespread frost late in the evening. Patchy 
                    fog late in the evening. 
CWR.................7 percent. 
LAL.................1. 
Min temperature.....24-27. 
Max humidity........95-100 percent. 
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 5 to 8 mph early in the evening 
                    becoming light around 8 PM. 
Ridgetop wind.......Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to the
					southwest around 8PM. 
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL. 
Transport winds.....Southwest 7 to 10 mph shifting to the south 
                    around 6 mph. 
Haines Index........2 to 3 or very low potential for large plume 
                    dominated fire growth. 

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent). Patchy fog in 
                    the morning. Chance of snow early in the 
                    morning. Snow likely early in the morning, then 
                    snow late in the afternoon. 
CWR.................5 percent increasing to 62 percent. 
LAL.................1. 
Max temperature.....40-43. 
Min humidity........59-64 percent. 
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southeast 5 to 8 mph 
					around 11AM. 
Ridgetop wind.......South winds 4 to 7 mph shifting to the
					southeast 5 to 10 mph around 9AM.
Mixing height.......2400 ft AGL. 
Transport winds.....Southeast 6 to 15 mph. 
Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume 
                    dominated fire growth. 

$$
Forecaster...Lawhorn
Requested by...Derrick
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2425170.1/PDT
.DELDT 10/30/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL Derrick.Thomas@usda.gov