FNUS76 KPQR 301840
FWSPQR

SPOT FORECAST FOR ANDY 6...WIF, MRRD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
1140 AM PDT SAT MAY 30 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PDT ON MAY 30.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...NOT MUCH CHANGE IN THE OVERALL WEATHER PATTERN. UNSTABLE
SOUTHERLY FLOW OVER SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL OREGON. THIS MAINTAINS WARM
CONDITIONS...WITH SCATTERED AFTERNOON/EVENING THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE
CASCADES...MAINLY TO OUR SOUTH AND EAST TODAY. NOT MUCH CHANGE FOR
SUNDAY. THERMAL TROUGH LIES OVER THE CASCADES...SO COULD SEE BRIEFLY
ENHANCED INSTABILITY DURING THE HEAT OF THE DAY.


.REST OF TODAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY AFTER 1200.
                      ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1400.
                      BEST THREAT TO SOUTH AND EAST OF BURN AREA.
CWR (%).............15 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....84-87.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-30 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....CALM WINDS...BECOMING S-SW 2-3 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........W-NW 1-3 MPH...BECOMING W-SW 2-5 MPH.
    NOTE:  WITH THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE CREST THIS AFTERNOON....COULD
           SEE SOME SHORT-LIVED GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS LATER THIS
           AFTERNOON.

TIME (PDT)          10 AM    NOON     2 PM     4 PM      6 PM
CLOUD COVER (%)...    1%      10%      35%      50%       60%
TEMP..............    77      83       85       80        76
RH................    42%     33%      29%      35%       40%
20 FT WIND........   NW 2   WNW 3-5   WSW 3-5  WSW 4-6   SW 4-5
   MAX GUST.......     5       5        8        11        10
EYE LEVEL WIND....   CALM   NW 2-3    W-SW 3   WSW 2-4   SW 2-3
   MAX GUST.......     0       6        7        8        8
CWR...............     0%      0%       1%       2%       8%


.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                      TIL 2300.
CWR (%).............10 PERCENT IN EVENING...THEN ZERO PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....NEAR 50.
MAX HUMIDITY........80-90 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....W-SW 2-4 MPH...BECOMING LIGHT DRAINAGE AFTER 2300.
WIND (20 FT)........W-SW 4-6 MPH...EASING TO 2-3 MPH BY MIDNIGHT.
                    SHORT-LIVED...GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.

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FORECASTER...ROCKEY
REQUESTED BY...MEI LIN LANTZ
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090530.ANDY6.02/PQR