FNUS76 KPDT 072236
FWSPDT

SPOT FORECAST FOR BLACK BUTTE 2...USFS DEF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
336 PM PDT TUE JUL 7 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1501 PDT ON JULY 07.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...SCATTERED CUMULUS AND ISOLATED SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE
THIS EVENING BEFORE DISSIPATING OVERNIGHT. CAN'T COMPLETELY RULE OUT
A THUNDERSTORM, BUT IT SEEMS UNLIKELY AT THIS TIME. GUSTY NORTHWEST
WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN SLIGHTLY IN THE EVENING THEN DECREASE
OVERNIGHT AS A WEAK INVERSION DEVELOPS. LITTLE CHANGE IN
TEMPERATURES, WINDS, AND HUMIDITY EXPECTED FOR TOMORROW.
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES INCREASE THURSDAY. STRONGER INVERSION WITH
MODERATE TO POOR HUMIDITY RECOVERY THURSDAY NIGHT FOLLOWED BY
ANOTHER UNSTABLE DAY 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***

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT
                    CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................10.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....41.
MAX HUMIDITY........86 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 14 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 25 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT
                    LESS THAN 5 MPH AROUND 2300 SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHWEST 4 TO 8 MPH LATE OVERNIGHT.
RIDGETOP WIND.......NORTHWEST WINDS 12 TO 18 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST
                    7 TO 12 MPH AROUND MIDNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO LESS THAN 1000 FT AGL AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 8 TO 12 MPH.
LAL.................2.
HAINES INDEX........3 (VERY LOW).

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....71.
MIN HUMIDITY........33 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE WINDS LESS THAN 5 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST
                    WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON
INCREASING TO 10 TO 14 MPH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING.
RIDGETOP WIND.......WEST 4 TO 8 MPH SHIFTING NORTHWEST EARLY IN THE
                    AFTERNOON THEN INCREASING TO 12 TO 18 MPH EARLY
                    WEDNESDAY EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 9 TO 12 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........3 (VERY LOW).

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.THURSDAY...
PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
LOWS 42 TO 47. HIGHS 63 TO 68. WEST WINDS 4 TO 9 MPH.
.FRIDAY...
PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
LOWS 45 TO 50. HIGHS 68 TO 73. NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH.
.SATURDAY...
PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
LOWS 46 TO 51. HIGHS 72 TO 77. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH.


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FORECASTER...JON BONK
REQUESTED BY...PHIL HENDERSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090707.BLACK.01/PDT