FNUS76 KPDT 041635 FWSPDT SPOT FORECAST FOR SWEENEY 3...USFS WWF NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 934 AM PDT THU JUN 4 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PDT ON JUNE 04. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A BAND OF PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE OVER THE BURN AREA THIS MORNING THEN EXIT THE AREA BY MIDDAY. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A GOOD CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SOME SHOWERS REMAIN POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT WITH A LESSER THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY. ***THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS*** ***WINDS ARE 20 FOOT 10 MINUTE AVERAGES*** ***CWR-CHANCE OF WETTING RAIN 0.10 OR GREATER*** ***FORECAST IS VALID FOR 12 HOURS AFTER ISSUANCE*** .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY MORNING WITH RAIN SHOWERS. PARTIAL CLEARING MIDDAY LEADING TO INCREASING CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................40. MAX TEMPERATURE.....68. MIN HUMIDITY........35-40 PERCENT...OCCURRING THIS MORNING. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 2 TO 4 MPH BECOMING EAST 3 TO 5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTH WINDS 3 TO 4 MPH BECOMING EAST 4 TO 7 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......6000 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....BECOMING EAST AROUND 10 MPH. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. THEN SCATTERED SHOWERS THROUGH THE NIGHT WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. CWR.................40. MIN TEMPERATURE.....53-58. MAX HUMIDITY........75-85 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 3 TO 5 MPH BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE OVERNIGHT. RIDGETOP WIND.......EAST WINDS 4 TO 7 MPH BECOMING SOUTH 2 TO 4 MPH OVERNIGHT. MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH. .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................30. MAX TEMPERATURE.....63. MIN HUMIDITY........40-50 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 3 TO 6 MPH. RIDGETOP WIND.......NORTH WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH AROUND 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. $$ FORECASTER...JOE SOLOMON REQUESTED BY...SEVERS TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090604.SWEEN.01/PDT