FNUS76 KPDT 160119
FWSPDT

SPOT FORECAST FOR NORTH FORK COMPLEX...USFS UMF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
620 PM PDT SAT AUG 15 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1745 PDT ON AUGUST 15.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE BURN AREA FOR A
DRYING AND WARMING TREND THROUGH MIDWEEK. A FEW SMALL CUMULUS WILL
BUILD IN THE AFTERNOON SUNDAY OTHERWISE SKIES WILL BE MOSTLY CLEAR.

***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 IN THE EVENING THEN CLEARING
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................0.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....39.
MAX HUMIDITY........90 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST TO NORTHWEST WIND 4 TO 10 MPH BECOMING
                    DRAINAGE LESS THAN 5 MPH AFTER SUNSET.
RIDGETOP WIND.......NORTHWEST TO WEST 5 TO 12 MPH BECOMING EAST 3 TO
                    6 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........3 (VERY LOW).

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....68.
MIN HUMIDITY........36 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE LESS THAN 5 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 4 TO
                    10 MPH AFTER 1000.
RIDGETOP WIND.......NORTH WIND 3 TO 6 MPH INCREASING TO 5 TO 12 MPH
                    AFTER 1000.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........2 (VERY LOW).

.SUNDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
CWR.................0.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....40.
MAX HUMIDITY........82 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS 4 TO 10 MPH BECOMING
                    DRAINAGE WINDS LESS THAN 5 MPH AFTER SUNSET.
RIDGETOP WIND.......NORTH WIND 5 TO 12 MPH BECOMING NORTHEAST TO
                    EAST 3 TO 6 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........3 (VERY LOW).

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FORECASTER...DMH
REQUESTED BY...MARK JOHNSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090815.NORTH.01/PDT