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SPOT FORECAST FOR PORTLAND FIRE TRAINING...PORTLAND FIRE AND RESCUE BUREAU
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
344 PM PST TUE JAN 13 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 1500 PST ON JANUARY 13.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...LITTLE CHANGE NEXT FEW DAYS...

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT AND AT THE SURFACE WILL
DOMINATE THE LARGE-SCALE WEATHER PATTERN FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
OFFSHORE LOW-LEVEL FLOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE EAST PART OF THE
PORTLAND AREA TONIGHT...AND THEN STRENGTHEN WEDNESDAY. THE
EAST WIND PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY.
VALLEY INVERSIONS WILL PERSIST FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...BUT
SHOULD BE LESS PREVALENT IN THE EAST PART OF PORTLAND DUE TO
THE INCREASED WIND.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING CLOUDY. AREAS OF
                    FOG IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
CWR (%).............0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....NEAR 40.
MAX HUMIDITY........NEAR 100 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WIND...BECOMING NORTHEAST TO EAST 2 TO 4 MPH
                    LATE TONIGHT.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY IN THE MORNING THEN SUNNY.
                    AREAS OF FOG EARLY IN THE MORNING.
CWR (%).............0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....NEAR 50.
MIN HUMIDITY........50 TO 55 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHEAST 2 TO 4 MPH THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON THEN
                    NORTHEAST TO EAST 6 TO 11 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH.                AROUND 7 MPH

TIME (PST)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM     NOON      2 PM      4 PM

TEMP............40     41     46         48        50        50
RH..............98     90     75         65        59        52
EYE LEVEL WIND..NE 2   NE 2   N-NE 2-3  NE 2-4    NE-E 4-8  NE-E 6-11
   MAX GUST.....3      3      5          6         12        20


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FORECASTER...WEISHAAR
REQUESTED BY...FF JUSTIN DE RUYTER
REASON FOR REQUEST...TEST
.TAG 20090113.PORTL.01/PQR