An early season wildfire in La Pine sparked by a backyard debris burn that got out of control burned 12 acres destroying one house and damaging another.
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An early season wildfire in La Pine sparked by a backyard debris burn that got out of control burned 12 acres destroying one house and damaging another.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Pendleton, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 8, 12:30 PM PST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Pendleton OR 130 PM PDT Wed May 8 2019 .SHORT TERM...Tonight through Saturday. Mid and high level clouds will continue to move south and decrease in coverage this afternoon and into the evening with mainly clear skies overnight. Instability over Wallowa county increasing with cumulus developing. Similar to yesterday expect scattered showers or an isolated thunderstorm through early evening...especially vicinity of the mountains with upslope northerly flow. Offshore upper level ridge starts to build into the Pacific northwest Thursday with flow aloft becoming more northeast. Should be a mostly sunny day. The ridge continues to build into the area Friday and Saturday with a warming trend and mainly clear skies. Northeast winds will increase some Thursday becoming 10-25 mph. Lighter winds Fri and Sat. 94 .LONG TERM...Saturday night through Wednesday...Overall the large scale pattern will shift from upper ridge to upper trough through the forecast period. However the timing and evolution of this transition differs between the deterministic models. For this forecast leaned heavily toward the national blend of models for pops which gives a slgt chance/chance of showers and perhaps thunderstorms Monday through Wednesday mainly over the Oregon Mountains. Instability may actually be greatest late Sunday afternoon and evening over the eastern mountains...with plenty of surface heating contributing to the instability. Mid levels are a bit dry for more than just cumulus buildups...so for now have just nudged POPS up to 10-14% Sunday evening. However...isolated thunderstorms may eventually need to be included in the forecast for late Sunday afternoon and evening. Temperatures will be quite warm Sunday with highs in the mid 80s to lower 90s lower elevations and well into the 70s mountains. It will then cool a few degrees each day through Wednesday with increased cloud cover and areas of precipitation. 78 && .AVIATION...18Z TAFS...VFR conditions will prevail through the period. SCT-BKN mid and high clouds today will gradually thin out tonight. There could also be a few stratocumulus around this afternoon. Winds will be northerly at 10-15kt this afternoon becoming light tonight. 78 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... PDT 46 77 45 79 / 0 0 0 0 ALW 49 78 48 80 / 0 0 0 0 PSC 52 83 48 84 / 0 0 0 0 YKM 52 81 50 82 / 0 0 0 0 HRI 49 81 47 82 / 0 0 0 0 ELN 48 78 47 79 / 0 0 0 0 RDM 41 75 40 78 / 0 0 0 0 LGD 42 71 40 76 / 20 0 0 0 GCD 41 73 41 75 / 0 0 0 0 DLS 52 83 51 84 / 0 0 0 0 && .PDT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OR...None. WA...None. && 94/78/78
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
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