FNUS76 KPQR 281237
FWSPQR

SPOT FORECAST FOR LODGEPOLE FLATS...USFS WNF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
537 AM PDT SUN JUN 28 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PDT ON JUNE 28.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS OFFSHORE. DRY FRONT HAS PASSED
ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING...BUT NOT MUCH IN WAY OF CLOUDS. IN
FACT...LITTLE IF ANY EFFECT FOR THE BURN AREA EXCEPT FOR SLIGHTLY COOLER
TEMPERATURES TODAY. BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AS
THE NORTH TO SOUTH PRESSURE GRADIENT INCREASES IN RESPONSE TO
STRENGTHENING OF THE THERMAL LOW ON THE SOUTH OREGON COAST.

TYPICAL LATE JUNE/EARLY JULY WEATHER CONTINUES THROUGH AT LEAST
THURSDAY. THIS KEEPS NORMAL DIURNAL WINDS PATTERN...WITH BREEZY
AFTERNOON/EVENINGS...ALONG WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 80S AND LOW
AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES.


.TODAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR (%).............0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....NEAR 81.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-23 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WIND......EAST TO SOUTHEAST 1-2 MPH THIS MORNING...BECOMING NORTH
                        TO NORTHEAST 2-5 MPH THIS AFTERNOON.


TIME (PDT)           9 AM    11 AM     1 PM     3 PM     5 PM
CLOUD COVER(%)....    10%      10%       5%       5%       2%
TEMP..............    58       67       74       79       81
RH................    52%      35%      25%      21%      20%
EYE LEVEL WIND....  ESE 1-2   SE 2    N 2-3   NNE 2-4   NNE 3-4
   MAX WIND GUST..      3       4        5        7        9


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FORECASTER...ROCKEY
REQUESTED BY...NANCI CURTIS
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090628.LODGE.01/PQR