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SPOT FORECAST FOR KINKOE 31...USFS WNF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
930 AM PDT THU MAY 28 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 PDT ON MAY 28.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL STRENGTHEN OVER THE FORECAST
AREA TODAY. HOWEVER...LIGHT SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH FLOW ALOFT OVER
SOUTHERN OREGON WILL ALLOW SOME MID-LEVEL MOISTURE TO CREEP INTO THE
SOUTH PART OF ZONE 608 LATER TODAY. LITTLE CHANGE IN THE OVERALL
PATTERN FOR FRIDAY...EXCEPT THE SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH FLOW ALOFT WILL
SPREAD NORTH GIVING THE CENTRAL AND NORTH OREGON CASCADES ZONES A
THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS
BRITISH COLUMBIA FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...WHICH WILL FLATTEN THE
UPPER RIDGE AND PROVIDE A MORE STABLE AIR MASS SATURDAY.

CHANCE OF WETTING RAIN (CWR) 0.25 INCHES OR GREATER.
THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. SOME LATE AFTERNOON CUMULUS BUILD-UPS.
CWR (%).............0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....79-82.
MIN HUMIDITY........23-26 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE LESS THAN 3 MPH BECOMING WEST TO SOUTHWEST
                    2 TO 4 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WIND NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.


TIME (PDT)           NOON      2 PM      4 PM      6 PM

TEMP............      67        77        79        80
RH..............      39        29        27        23
EYE LEVEL WIND......  NE 3      W 2-4     W 3-5     W 3-5
   MAX GUST.....      6         7         9         10


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
CWR (%).............0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....42-45
MAX HUMIDITY........75-80 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 2 TO 4 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING DRAINAGE LESS THAN 3 MPH AFTER SUNSET.


.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                    AFTER 1400.
CWR (%).............0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 80.
MIN HUMIDITY........25 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE LESS THAN 3 MPH BECOMING WEST TO NORTHWEST
                    2 TO 4 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING. AFTERNOON WIND 3 TO 7 MPH
                    WITH MAX GUST TO 10 MPH.



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FORECASTER...KELSON
REQUESTED BY...MEI LIN LANTZ
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090528.KINKO.01/PQR