FNUS76 KPDT 120038
FWSPDT

SPOT FORECAST FOR MEADOW MOUNTAIN...USFS WWF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
538 PM PDT TUE AUG 11 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1707 PDT ON AUGUST 11.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT IS APPROACHING NORTHEAST
OREGON RESULTING IN INCREASING WINDS ACROSS THE RIDGES. THIS FRONT
WILL SETTLE OVER NORTHEAST OREGON WEDNESDAY BRINGING SOME COOLER AIR
BUT CONTINUED BREEZY OVER THE RIDGES. THERE WILL ALSO BE A SLIGHT
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

***THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS***
***WINDS ARE 20 FOOT 10 MINUTE AVERAGES***
***CWR-CHANCE OF WETTING RAIN 0.10 INCH OR GREATER***
***FORECAST IS VALID FOR 12 HOURS AFTER ISSUANCE***

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................0.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....50.
MAX HUMIDITY........63 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    NORTH 4 TO 8 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
RIDGETOP WIND.......NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    NORTH 4 TO 8 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......9000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 1000 FT AGL AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST AROUND 8 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    LIGHT.
LAL.................2.
HAINES INDEX........4 (LOW).

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. A
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....65.
MIN HUMIDITY........43 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH SHIFTING TO NORTHWEST
                    TO NORTH WINDS 4 TO 10 MPH BY 1200.
RIDGETOP WIND.......NORTH WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH SHIFTING TO NORTHWEST
                    TO NORTH WINDS 4 TO 10 MPH BY 1200.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5500 FT AGL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST AROUND 9 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........3 (VERY LOW).

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.THURSDAY...
COOLER. MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS 46 TO 51. HIGHS 58 TO 66. NORTHWEST WINDS
3 TO 8 MPH.
.FRIDAY...
PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS 35 TO 40. HIGHS 54 TO 59. NORTHWEST WINDS
6 TO 11 MPH.
.SATURDAY...
PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS 40 TO 45. HIGHS 53 TO 58. NORTHWEST WINDS
6 TO 11 MPH.
.SUNDAY...
PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
LOWS 41 TO 46. HIGHS 53 TO 58. NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.MONDAY...
PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 44 TO 49. HIGHS 56 TO 61.
.TUESDAY...
PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 48 TO 53. HIGHS 61 TO 69.

$$
FORECASTER...ALAN POLAN
REQUESTED BY...AMANDA WILSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090811.MEADO.01/PDT