375  
FNUS76 KPQR 102004  
FWSPQR  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR CANDLE FIRE...WA DNR  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR  
104 PM PDT SUN AUG 10 2025  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1300 PDT ON AUGUST 10.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
   
..HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT TUESDAY  
 
   
DISCUSSION  
MAJOR HEAT RISK THROUGH MONDAY. INCREASING  
NORTHERLY FLOW TODAY WITH A DIURNAL COMPONENT THROUGH 1800. CLEAR  
SKIES AND SIGNIFICANT HEATING THROUGH THE DAY WILL CAUSE PEAK  
WINDS TO BE AFTER 1500. WINDS WILL EASE OVERNIGHT. THERE IS A  
20-40% CHANCE OF WINDS GREATER THAN 20 MPH AND HUMIDITY OF 25% OR  
LESS BETWEEN 1400-1700 PDT TODAY. LESS THAN A 5% CHANCE OF SIMILAR  
CONDITIONS ON MONDAY AFTERNOON.  
 
RIDGETOP WINDS REPRESENT AN ELEVATION OF 3300 FT.  
   
REST OF TODAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.  
CWR.................0 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF LIGHTNING.0 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 95.  
MIN HUMIDITY........30 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........  
SLOPE/VALLEY.......LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTH AROUND 6 MPH LATE  
IN THE AFTERNOON.  
RIDGETOP...........NORTH-NORTHEAST WINDS 5-9 MPH WITH GUSTS UP  
TO 15 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......3900 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST AROUND 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 8 TO 9  
MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
 
TIME (PDT) 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........5 4 3 4 3  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0  
CHC OF LTNG (%).0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............91 93 94 95 94  
RH..............33 30 29 29 31  
20 FT WIND DIR..E E NE N N  
20 FT WIND SPD..4 5 5 6 6  
20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 11 12 13  
RIDGE WIND DIR..NE NE NE NE NE  
RIDGE WIND SPD..6 8 8 9 9  
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.8 3.4 3.9 3.6 3.0  
TRANSP WIND DIR.E E NE N N  
TRANSP WIND SPD.8 8 8 8 9  
   
TONIGHT  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.  
CWR.................0 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF LIGHTNING.0 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 64.  
MAX HUMIDITY........66 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........  
SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTH WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE  
BECOMING DOWNSLOPE LATE IN THE EVENING.  
RIDGETOP...........NORTHEAST 5-8 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 13 MPH UNTIL  
2200.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......100 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 7 TO 12 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST 3  
TO 7 MPH OVERNIGHT.  
 
TIME (PDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........3 2 5 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 3 1  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
CHC OF LTNG (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............91 86 82 78 76 74 72 71 70 69 68 66  
RH..............36 42 48 51 53 54 54 55 57 59 61 65  
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N NE NE E E E E NE NE  
20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 3 3  
20 FT WIND GUST.13 12 11 10 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6  
RIDGE WIND DIR..NE NE NE NE NE NE E E E E E E  
RIDGE WIND SPD..9 8 8 8 6 5 5 4 3 3 3 3  
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.5 0.8 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1  
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N N N NE N NE NE NE NE NE  
TRANSP WIND SPD.12 12 9 9 9 8 7 7 6 5 3 3  
   
MONDAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.  
CWR.................0 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF LIGHTNING.0 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 94.  
MIN HUMIDITY........34 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........  
SLOPE/VALLEY.......LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH  
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 5-8 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 12 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......3000 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST AROUND 3 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 2  
TO 5 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY  
AFTERNOON, THEN SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 5 TO  
7 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
 
TIME (PDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........2 6 3 3 8 8 10 10 6 4 4 4  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
CHC OF LTNG (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............65 68 71 76 81 85 88 90 92 93 94 94  
RH..............65 64 63 56 51 46 43 40 37 35 34 34  
20 FT WIND DIR..NE E E S W W W W NW NW NW NW  
20 FT WIND SPD..3 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 5  
20 FT WIND GUST.6 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 8 10 10 10  
RIDGE WIND DIR..N N N N NW NW NW W W W W W  
RIDGE WIND SPD..3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.1 0.2 0.3 0.6 1.0 1.4 2.0 2.3 2.7 2.9 3.0 2.8  
TRANSP WIND DIR.NE E E N SW W W W W W NW NW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.3 3 3 3 2 3 3 5 5 6 7 7  
 
 
FORECASTER...MUESSLE  
REQUESTED BY...WAPCC  
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE  
.TAG 2519667.0/PQR  
.DELDT 08/10/25  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL PCDISPATCH@DNR.WA.GOV  
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