FNUS76 KPDT 250036 FWSPDT Spot Forecast for Baloo Piles...USFS National Weather Service Pendleton OR 536 PM PDT Fri Oct 24 2025 Forecast is based on ignition time of 1700 PDT on October 24. ***Thunderstorms imply gusty and erratic winds*** ***Winds are 20 foot 10-minute averages*** ***CWR-Chance of wetting rain 0.10 or greater*** ***Ventilation Index is derived from the transport wind multiplied by the mixing height in 100's of feet. Index categories are a generalized indicator only.*** If you have questions or concerns with this forecast, please contact our office at (541) 276-8134. .DISCUSSION...Conditions will continue to deteriorate through the period as a frontal system pushes through, delivering gusty winds and high chances of wetting rains. Winds will maintain a Southwest/ West-southwest flow with breezy winds. Expecting winds to slightly weaken going through tonight but will re-strengthen going into the late morning/early afternoon hours tomorrow. Recovery levels are expected to be Excellent tonight with much higher min RH tomorrow. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Rain (80-100% chance) and slight chance (15-35%) of snow. CWR.................83 percent. Chance of lightning.7 percent. Max temperature.....52-55. Min humidity........30-35 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts to around 35 mph. Ridgetop wind.......Southwest winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts to around 40 mph. Mixing height.......1300 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southwest around 35-40 mph. Ventilation Index...Fair (210). TIME (PDT) 5 PM 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM Chc of ltng (%).10 10 10 0 0 0 Temp............52 40 37 36 36 36 RH..............69 83 85 84 87 85 20 ft wind......SW 19 SW 19 SW 15 SW 13 SW 11 SW 10 20 ft wind gust.30 30 24 20 20 18 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (60-80 percent). Rain (80-100% chance) and slight chance (15-25%) of snow in the evening. CWR.................83 percent decreasing to 18 percent late in the evening, then increasing to 66 percent early in the morning. Chance of lightning.7 percent. Min temperature.....34-38. Max humidity........90-95 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 15 to 20 mph decreasing to Southwest 10 to 15 mph by 11 PM. Gusts up to 40 mph decreasing up to 30 mph by 11 PM. Ridgetop wind.......Southwest winds 20 to 25 mph decreasing to Southwest 15 to 20 mph by 11 PM. Gusts up to 45 mph decreasing up to 35 mph by 11 PM. Mixing height.......1300 ft AGL early in the evening. Transport winds.....Southwest around 25-40 mph decreasing to 18 to 23 mph early in the evening. Ventilation Index...Fair (210) decreasing to poor (30) overnight. .SATURDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Chance of rain showers and snow showers early in the morning (85%+ chance). Snow showers (75-85% chance) from the late morning through the early afternoon. CWR.................75 percent. Chance of lightning.7 percent. Max temperature.....35-40. Min humidity........75-80 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph increasing to Southwest at 15 to 20 mph by 2 PM. Gusts up to 30 mph increasing up to 40 mph by 2 PM. Ridgetop wind.......Southwest winds 15 to 20 mph increasing to Southwest at 20 to 25 mph by 2 PM. Gusts up to 35 mph increasing up to 45 mph by 2 PM. Mixing height.......2300 ft AGL early in the morning. Transport winds.....Southwest around 20 mph increasing to 42 to 47 mph. Ventilation Index...Poor (170) increasing to excellent (780) in the afternoon. $$ Forecaster...Day Requested by...USFS Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2524464.0/PDT .DELDT 10/24/25 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL christopher.duke@usda.gov,jeffrey.crawford@usda.gov