FNUS76 KPDT 092045 FWSPDT Spot Forecast for Rock Creek RX...USFS National Weather Service Pendleton OR 145 PM PDT Fri May 9 2025 Forecast is based on ignition time of 1327 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...Limited concerns rest of today with light winds and fair conditions over the fire area. Fair overnight recovery expected tonight with light drainage winds and poor smoke dispersal anticipated. Increasing winds tomorrow ahead of an approaching system in tandem with more clouds. High confidence in west gusts 20-25 mph tomorrow with winds increasing from noon onward; peak gusts as high as 30 mph possible (at least 50% chance). .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (50-60 percent). CWR.................0 percent. Chance of lightning.0 percent. Max temperature.....77. Min humidity........20-25 percent. Wind (20 ft)........East winds 4 to 7 mph with infrequent gusts 10 to 15 mph becoming north winds after 1700. Ridgetop wind.......South wind around 5 mph becoming north after 1700. Mixing height.......5400 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southeast 6 to 9 mph shifting to the northwest around 7 mph late in the afternoon. TIME (PDT) 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM Chc of ltng (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............73 75 75 72 62 57 RH..............29 28 28 34 47 53 20 ft wind......ESE 4 ESE 5 E 5 N 5 N 5 W 5 20 ft wind gust. 8 10 10 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (55-65 percent). CWR.................0 percent. Chance of lightning.0 percent. Min temperature.....49-52. Max humidity........55-65 percent. Wind (20 ft)........North winds 4 to 6 mph shifting to the northwest late in the evening becoming light drainage winds 1 to 3 mph overnight. Ridgetop wind.......North wind becoming west wind late in the evening around 5 mph. Mixing height.......700 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northwest 5 to 10 mph early in the evening west around 5 mph late in the evening. .SATURDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). CWR.................0 percent. Chance of lightning.0 percent. Max temperature.....68-70. Min humidity........24-29 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light upslope wind 2 to 4 mph becoming west winds 7 to 11 mph with gusts 20 to 25 mph after 1200. Ridgetop wind.......West wind around 5 to 10 mph increasing 15 to 20 mph after 1200. Mixing height.......5400 ft AGL. Transport winds.....West 10 to 15 mph increasing to 18 to 22 mph by late in the morning. $$ Forecaster...Townsend Requested by...Andrew Bellairs Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2513256.3/PDT .DELDT 05/09/25 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL richard.lancaster@usda.gov,castanedaveyna@usda.gov,andrew.s.bellairs@usda.gov