FNUS76 KPDT 091535 FWSPDT Spot Forecast for Metolius Preserve RC...USFS National Weather Service Pendleton OR 835 AM PDT Fri May 9 2025 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 PDT on May 09. ***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...A ridge of high pressure will remain over the Pacific Northwest through Saturday afternoon. Warm, dry conditions accompanied by diurnally and terrain-driven winds, and good overnight RH recovery are forecast for the burn site. A low-pressure system will approach from the Pacific late Saturday with increasing winds, cooler temperatures and a chance of light showers Sunday (<20 percent chance of wetting rains). Sunday afternoon will have also a 10-20% chance of a thunderstorm. Cooler and showery conditions continue into Tuesday. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (45-55 percent). CWR.................0 percent. Max temperature.....80-82. Min humidity........19-24 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming west to southwest 5 to 8 mph in the afternoon. Ridgetop wind.......South winds 3 to 5 mph becoming west to southwest 6 to 11 mph in the afternoon. Mixing height.......6400 ft AGL in the afternoon. Transport winds.....South to southwest winds 7 to 15 mph shifting to the west around 15 mph about 1600. TIME (PDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM Temp............53 62 70 75 79 81 80 79 77 73 69 63 RH..............48 38 32 28 25 24 24 25 27 30 36 42 20 FT wind dir..S S S S S SW SW SW W W W SW 20 FT wind spd..3 3 4 4 4 7 7 7 8 8 8 6 20 FT wind gust. 6 6 6 10 10 10 14 14 14 11 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (45-65 percent). CWR.................0 percent. Min temperature.....39-42. Max humidity........68-73 percent. Wind (20 ft)........West winds 5 to 8 mph in the evening becoming light southwest winds. Ridgetop wind.......West winds 6 to 10 mph in the evening becoming southwest 3 to 5 mph. Mixing height.......1500 ft AGL in the early evening dropping to 900 ft AGL late in the evening. Transport winds.....West winds 9 to 15 mph. .SATURDAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (55-65 percent). CWR.................0 percent. Max temperature.....71-74. Min humidity........22-27 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming west 5 to 11 mph with gusts to around 19 mph late in the morning. Ridgetop wind.......Southwest winds 3 to 6 mph becoming west 6 to 13 mph with gusts to around 25 mph late in the morning. Mixing height.......900 ft AGL early in the morning rising to 5200 ft AGL in the afternoon. Transport winds.....West winds 12 to 20 mph increasing to 20 to 24 mph late in the afternoon. $$ Forecaster...Perry Requested by...A Myhra Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2513444.2/PDT .DELDT 05/09/25 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL andrew.myhra@usda.gov