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SPOT FORECAST FOR POWELL BUTTE...PORTLAND FIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
1228 PM PDT MON AUG 24 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 PDT ON AUGUST 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...WARMER TODAY...

.DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE NORTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY
LATE THIS MORNING WILL MOVE TO EXTREME EASTERN OREGON BY LATE
AFTERNOON. TODAY WILL BE SEVERAL DEGREES WARMER THAN YESTERDAY...
WITH A LITTLE LOWER DAYTIME HUMIDITY. A WEAK NORTH-TO-SOUTH SURFACE
GRADIENT WILL EXIST IN THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY FOR A GENERAL NORTH
WIND. A WEAK FRONTAL SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE COAST SHORTLY
AFTER MIDNIGHT AND THEN REACH THE VALLEY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.

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


.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR (%).............0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....80 TO 82.
MIN HUMIDITY........26 TO 31 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST TO NORTH 3 TO 6 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO
                    9 MPH. WIND MAY BE MORE UP-SLOPE THROUGH ABOUT
                    1400.

TIME (PDT)      1 PM      3 PM      5 PM     7 PM

TEMP............74         79        81       78
RH..............41         31        28       30
EYE LEVEL WIND..NW 3-5    NW 3-6   NW 3-6    NW 2-5
   MAX GUST.....8           9         9        8
CWR.............0           0         0        0

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR. BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY AROUND 2200 THEN
                    BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY TOWARD DAWN. A SLIGHT
                    CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE AROUND DAWN.
CWR (%).............0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MID 50S.
MAX HUMIDITY........80-90 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST TO NORTHWEST 2 TO 5 MPH THROUGH THE EVENING
                    THEN SOUTHWEST TO 4 MPH.

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FORECASTER...WEISHAAR
REQUESTED BY...PORTLAND FIRE
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090824.POWEL.01/PQR