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SPOT FORECAST FOR BOUNDARY FIRE...ODF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
709 PM PDT SUN JUL 5 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1754 PDT ON JULY 05.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...DRY AND BREEZY THIS EVENING BUT SIGNIFICANT COOLING IS STILL
ON THE WAY MONDAY...

.DISCUSSION...BREEZY CONDITIONS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS THE
WILLAMETTE VALLEY AND INTO THE CASCADES LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS
COOLER MARINE AIR BEGINS TO FILTER INTO OUR AREA. INITIALLY...THIS
TRANSITION IS BEING FELT AS A FAIRLY DRY GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST
WIND ACROSS MOST AREAS...WITH A FEW HOURS OF THIS BEFORE THE LOWER
TEMPERATURES AND HIGHER RH BEGIN TO MOVE UP THE CLACKAMAS RIVER
DRAINAGE IN EARNEST. HOWEVER...BY MONDAY MORNING...A MUCH COOLER
AND MORE MOIST AIR MASS WILL BE IN PLACE ACROSS THE FIRE AREA.
MONDAY AFTERNOON WILL BE BREEZY AS WELL...BUT RH WILL BE MUCH
HIGHER THAN TODAY...WITH PERSISTENT CLOUD COVER LIKELY. THE
RELATIVELY COOL AND MOIST WEATHER PATTERN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
FOR MUCH OF THE UPCOMING WEEK.

CHANCE OF WETTING RAIN (CWR) 0.25 INCHES OR GREATER.
FORECAST WINDS ARE 10 MINUTE AVERAGES 20 FT ABOVE VEGETATION.
THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY...DRY AND BREEZY DURING THE
                    EVENING...THEN INCREASING CLOUDS LEADING TO
                    A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS LATE IN THE NIGHT.
CWR (%).............LESS THAN 5 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 52.
MAX HUMIDITY........85-95 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST TO NORTHWEST 3-6 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 12 MPH
                    UNTIL 2100...THEN DECREASING TO 1-3 MPH OVERNIGHT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST TO NORTHWEST 5-10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH
                    UNTIL 2100...THEN DECREASING TO 2-5 MPH OVERNIGHT.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS.
                    MUCH COOLER.
CWR (%).............LESS THAN 10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....67-70.
MIN HUMIDITY........AROUND 55 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST 0-1 MPH...INCREASING WEST TO NORTHWEST
                    3-5 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 12 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST 3-6 MPH...INCREASING TO 6-12 MPH WITH GUSTS
                    TO 20 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON.


TIME (PDT)      6 AM     8 AM     10 AM    NOON     2 PM     4 PM
TEMP............52       54       57       61       66       68
RH..............88       82       74       67       59       55
20 FT WIND......W 0-3    W 1-3    W 2-4    WNW 3-6  WNW 4-8  NW 6-10
   MAX GUST.....5        7        8        13       18       20
EYE LEVEL WIND..W 0-1    W 1-2    W 1-3    WNW 2-4  W 2-4    NW 3-5
   MAX GUST.....2        3        5        8        10       12


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FORECASTER...WEAGLE
REQUESTED BY...KATHY JEPSON
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090705.BOUND.04/PQR