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SPOT FORECAST FOR PACKARD...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
447 PM PDT FRI JUL 17 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1616 PDT ON JULY 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT IS WELL INLAND OVER
IDAHO WITH SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON.
AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL MOVE INTO BRITISH COLUMBIA ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON
AND CAUSE A WEAK MARINE PUSH. INCREASED SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OFFSHORE
LATE SATURDAY AND SATURDAY EVENING WILL INCREASE ONSHORE
GRADIENTS GIVING GUSTY ONSHORE WINDS. PATCHY MID AND HIGH LEVEL
MOISTURE IS ROTATING AROUND THE RIDGE ALOFT AND SOME MOISTURE
MAY BRUSH NEAR THE FIRE GIVING THE POSSIBILITY FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
SATURDAY AND MONDAY. A SIMILAR UPPER LEVEL PATTERN WILL BRING A
THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS INTO MID 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.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 60.
MAX HUMIDITY........70-80 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 3 TO 6 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING DRAINAGE LESS THAN 3 MPH.

TIME (PDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY (%).........13     13     13     0      0      0
TEMP............93     87     76     69     64     61
RH..............30     35     47     57     66     73
20 FT WIND......SW 2-5 W 4    NW 4   DRAINAGE
   MAX GUST.....15     15     15

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 87.
MIN HUMIDITY........28 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE LESS THAN 3 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 9 TO
                    12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 22 MPH.

TIME (PDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY (%).........4      4      4      32     32     32
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE    NONE
TEMP............60     62     69     76     82      86
RH..............76     70     57     44     34      29
20 FT WIND......LIGHT UPSLOPE        NW 5-8 NW 7-11 NW 9-14
   MAX GUST.....                     15     20      25

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FORECASTER...WOLFE
REQUESTED BY...RANDY GREEN  IC
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090717.PACKA.01/PQR