FNUS76 KPQR 301409 FWSPQR SPOT FORECAST FOR PORTLAND FIRE TRAINING...PORTLAND FIRE AND RESCUE BUREAU NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 709 AM PDT THU APR 30 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 PDT ON APRIL 30. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...WARMER AND DRIER TODAY... .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL BUILD OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST TODAY. EXPECT WARMER AND DRIER CONDITIONS TODAY. THE DRY TREND WILL LAST THROUGH FRIDAY. HOWEVER...SOME MID AND HIGH CLOUDS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER THE NORTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY FROM THE SOUTH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A WARM FRONT WILL BRING A THREAT OF RAIN FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. CHANCE OF WETTING RAIN (CWR) 0.25 INCHES OR GREATER. THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MORNING LOW CLOUDS THEN BECOMING SUNNY. CWR (%).............0 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....62 TO 65. MIN HUMIDITY........33 TO 37 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT EAST UNTIL 0900 THEN VARIABLE TO 2 MPH. WIND BECOMING NORTH 2 TO 5 MPH AFTER 1100. GUSTS TO 8 MPH AFTER 1500. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. CWR (%).............0 PERCENT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....40 TO 43. MAX HUMIDITY........90 TO 100 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH 3 TO 5 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 8 MPH. WIND EASING TO 1 TO 3 MPH AFTER 2000. WIND BECOMING EAST TO SOUTHEAST 1 TO 3 MPH OVERNIGHT. .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. INCREASING HIGH CLOUDS LATE IN THE DAY. CWR (%).............0 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....67 TO 70. MIN HUMIDITY........30 TO 35 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....EAST 2 TO 4 MPH IN THE MORNING THEN 3 TO 6 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS TO 10 MPH. CEILING.............SCATTERED TO BROKEN HIGH CLOUDS AROUND 25000 FEET THROUGH 1600 THEN BROKEN TO OVERCAST 20000 FEET. $$ FORECASTER...WEISHAAR REQUESTED BY...FF JUSTIN DE RUYTER REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090430.PORTL.01/PQR