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SPOT FORECAST FOR PACKARD...USFS WNF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
200 PM PDT SAT JUL 18 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1310 PDT ON JULY 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST REMAINS LOCKED INTO A FAIRLY
TYPICAL SUMMERTIME PATTERN WHICH WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS. A VERY STRONG UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE
REMAINS OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES...EXTENDING NORTHWARD
UP THE GREAT BASIN AND INTO IDAHO. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE IS
STRENGTHENING OFFSHORE...WITH A STRONG THERMAL TROUGH EAST OF THE
CASCADES. THIS IS RESULTING IN GENERALLY STRONG AND GUSTY WEST TO
NORTHWEST WINDS IN THE CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES. HOWEVER...THE FIRE
AREA SEEMS TO BE SOMEWHAT PROTECTED FROM THESE GENERAL WINDS...SO
THE PRIMARY EFFECT WILL LIKELY BE GUSTY WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS
COMING DOWN PACKARD CREEK. AN OCCASIONAL BRIEF SHIFT TO MORE
NORTHERLY OR EVEN NORTHEAST WINDS IS POSSIBLE AS NORTHERLY WINDS
PREVAIL ON HILLS CREEK RESERVOIR.

CHANCE OF WETTING RAIN (CWR) 0.25 INCHES OR GREATER.
THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS.

.REST OF THIS AFTERNOON...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 87.
MIN HUMIDITY........32-36 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST TO SOUTHWEST 2-5 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 8 MPH.
                    OCCASIONAL SHIFTS TO NORTH TO NORTHEAST ARE
                    POSSIBLE FROM LAKE WINDS CHANNELING UP PACKARD
                    CREEK.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST TO SOUTHWEST 6-10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH.

TIME (PDT)            3 PM     4 PM      5 PM     6 PM
TEMP............       84       86        86       83
RH..............       38       33        34       40
20 FT WIND DIR..      W-SW     W-SW      W-SW     W-SW
20 FT WIND SPD..      6-10     6-10      6-10     6-10
   MAX GUST.....       20       20        20       20


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 55.
MAX HUMIDITY........80-85 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST TO SOUTHWEST 1-4 MPH EARLY...BECOMING
                    DRAINAGE 0-2 MPH BY 2100.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST TO SOUTHWEST 4-8 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    15 MPH...BECOMING DRAINAGE/NORTH 0-4 MPH BY
                    2200.

TIME (PDT)            7 PM     8 PM
TEMP............       81       79
RH..............       43       46
20 FT WIND DIR..      W-SW   W-SW/BECOMING DRAINAGE
20 FT WIND SPD..       3-6     1-4
   MAX GUST.....        12      8


.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....87-90.
MIN HUMIDITY........30-35 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WIND EARLY...BECOMING UPSLOPE 0-2 MPH BY
                    1000. THEN WINDS BECOMING WEST TO SOUTHWEST
                    1-4 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 8 MPH BY 1500.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST 0-3 MPH...BECOMING UPSLOPE 3-6 MPH BY
                    1000...THEN WEST TO SOUTHWEST 4-8 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS TO 15 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...WEAGLE
REQUESTED BY...RANDY GREEN  IC
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090718.PACKA.01/PQR