913  
FNUS76 KPQR 151716  
FWSPQR  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR RICE PILES...USFWS  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR  
916 AM PST MON DEC 15 2025  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 PST ON DECEMBER 15.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
   
DISCUSSION  
SHOWERS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ALONG WITH  
GUSTY WINDS UP TO 30 MPH. THERE IS A LOW 20% CHANCE THAT WIND  
GUSTS REACH 40 MPH THIS MORNING. WET CONDITIONS CONTINUE TONIGHT  
AND INTO TUESDAY. ANOTHER MORE ROBUST SYSTEM ENTERS THE REGION  
LATE TUESDAY AND WILL BRING A PERIOD OF HEAVIER RAIN AND GUSTY  
WINDS.  
   
REST OF TODAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. RAIN.  
CWR.................72 PERCENT DECREASING TO 14 PERCENT LATE IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
CHANCE OF LIGHTNING.14 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 60.  
MIN HUMIDITY........88 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........  
SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 TO 30 MPH IN  
THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......1600 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 13 TO 20 MPH.  
 
TIME (PST) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........86 98 96 85 88 85 81 85 85  
WEATHER COV.....DEF DEF DEF DEF CHC CHC SCH LKY CHC  
WEATHER TYPE....RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............70 70 70 70 70 70 70 10 10  
CHC OF LTNG (%).10 10 10 10 0 0 0 10 10  
TEMP............54 57 58 58 59 58 59 58 56  
RH..............89 87 91 93 93 91 92 90 93  
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S SW SW SW S S  
20 FT WIND SPD..11 15 15 15 14 13 12 10 10  
20 FT WIND GUST.18 20 20 20 20 21 19 18 14  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.8 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.6 1.3 0.8  
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.17 20 18 18 17 17 16 13 13  
   
TONIGHT  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE EVENING, THEN  
RAIN LIKELY OVERNIGHT.  
CWR.................14 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF LIGHTNING.11 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 50.  
MAX HUMIDITY........97 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........  
SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......600 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 7 TO 13 MPH.  
 
TIME (PST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........89 84 86 91 92 92 91 94 91 90 88 87  
WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH CHC CHC LKY CHC CHC CHC  
WEATHER TYPE....RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10  
CHC OF LTNG (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10  
TEMP............55 54 53 53 52 52 52 52 52 52 52 51  
RH..............95 94 98 96 95 96 95 95 97 96 97 100  
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S S  
20 FT WIND SPD..8 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 6 6 6  
20 FT WIND GUST.13 12 11 10 10 10 11 10 11 11 11 12  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6  
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW S S S S S S S S S SW S  
TRANSP WIND SPD.10 8 8 7 8 7 7 8 8 9 10 13  
   
TUESDAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE MORNING  
AND EARLY AFTERNOON, THEN RAIN LIKELY EARLY IN  
THE AFTERNOON. RAIN LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
CWR.................6 PERCENT INCREASING TO 93 PERCENT LATE IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
CHANCE OF LIGHTNING.12 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 61.  
MIN HUMIDITY........84 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........  
SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH IN  
THE AFTERNOON.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......1900 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 13 TO 16 MPH.  
 
TIME (PST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........88 86 81 73 72 72 69 78 72 75 96 96  
WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY DEF DEF  
WEATHER TYPE....RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 90 90  
CHC OF LTNG (%).10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10 10  
TEMP............52 52 52 54 55 57 58 59 59 59 60 58  
RH..............99 99 99 100 94 91 87 84 84 82 86 90  
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S S  
20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 7 8 9 9 10 10 11 10 11 11  
20 FT WIND GUST.12 13 14 14 14 14 16 16 17 18 18 18  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.4 1.5 1.8 1.9 1.8 1.2 0.9 0.8  
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S S S  
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 13 14 13 14 15 16 14 14 13 14 14  
 
 
FORECASTER...BATZ  
REQUESTED BY...SILAS BAFFA  
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED  
.TAG 2527707.0/PQR  
.DELDT 12/15/25  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL SILAS_BAFFA@FWS.GOV  
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