FNUS76 KPDT 041652
FWSPDT

SPOT FORECAST FOR MUDDY CREEK...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
952 AM PDT TUE AUG 4 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0904 PDT ON AUGUST 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.


...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON
WITH PARTICULARLY STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY. SOME
STORMS MAY LAST OVERNIGHT. DRY WITH SIGNIFICANT LOW LEVEL
INSTABILITY BEFORE STORMS DEVELOP. INVERSION DEVELOPS AFTER SUNSET
WITH MODERATE HUMIDITY RECOVERY AT BEST.

***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***

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON. SOME STORMS WILL PRODUCE PARTICULARLY
                    GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL.
CWR.................10.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....96.
MIN HUMIDITY........15 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........TERRAIN DRIVEN WINDS 3 TO 7 MPH BECOMING
                    NORTHWEST 7 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH AFTER
                    1500.
RIDGETOP WIND.......NORTHWEST 2 TO 6 MPH INCREASING TO 8 TO 13 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH AFTER 1500.
LAL.................3.
HAINES INDEX........5 (MODERATE).

        TEMPERATURE     HUMIDITY     20-FT WIND (MPH)
1000        81             36        UPSLOPE 2-4
1200        90             24        UPSLOPE 2-4
1400        94             19        UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 4-6
1600        96             15        NW 5-7
1800        93             20        NW 7-12
2000        86             23        NW 6-9
2200        77             33        NW 3-6
0000        71             40        DRAINAGE 0-2

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN A SLIGHT
                    CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................10.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....61.
MAX HUMIDITY........51 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 9 MPH BECOMING DRAINAGE
                    WINDS LESS THAN 5 MPH AFTER SUNSET.
RIDGETOP WIND.......NORTHWEST 9 TO 13 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH
                    BECOMING LIGHT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
LAL.................3.
HAINES INDEX........4 (LOW).

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. SOME STORMS
                    WILL PRODUCE PARTICULARLY GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL.
CWR.................10.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....92.
MIN HUMIDITY........18 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE LESS THAN 5 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 6 TO
                    10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH AROUND NOON
                    INCREASING TO 10 TO 14 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH
                    IN THE LATE AFTERNOON.
RIDGETOP WIND.......LIGHT LESS THAN 5 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 7 TO 10
                    MPH AROUND NOON THEN INCREASING TO 14 TO 18 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH IN THE LATE AFTERNOON.
LAL.................3.
HAINES INDEX........4 (LOW).

$$
FORECASTER...JON BONK
REQUESTED BY...PENNY HUGHES
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090804.MUDDY.01/PDT