FNUS76 KPDT 220119 FWSPDT SPOT FORECAST FOR NORTH FORK COMPLEX...FOREST SERVICE UMF NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 619 PM PDT FRI AUG 21 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1748 PDT ON AUGUST 21. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL PROVIDE DRY AND STABLE CONDITIONS THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. MARGINALLY INSTABILITY AND AN INCREASE IN MID LEVEL MOISTURE WILL MAKE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ***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.........MOSTLY CLEAR. CWR.................0. MIN TEMPERATURE.....48. MAX HUMIDITY........56 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 2 TO 6 MPH BECOMING DRAINAGE WINDS LESS THAN 5 MPH AFTER 2300. RIDGETOP WIND.......NORTHWEST WINDS 3 TO 8 MPH SHIFTING TO NORTH BY 2100. LAL.................1. HAINES INDEX........4 (LOW). .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CWR.................0. MAX TEMPERATURE.....75. MIN HUMIDITY........28 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE LESS THAN 5 MPH BECOMING NORTH 3 TO 8 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. RIDGETOP WIND.......NORTHWEST WINDS 2 TO 6 MPH IN THE MORNING SHIFTING TO NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. LAL.................2. HAINES INDEX........4 (LOW). $$ FORECASTER...ALAN POLAN REQUESTED BY...MARK JOHNSON TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20090821.NORTH.01/PDT