FNUS76 KPDT 280524
FWSPDT

SPOT FORECAST FOR NORTH FORK COMPLEX...USFS UMF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
1024 PM PDT THU AUG 27 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2137 PDT ON AUGUST 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 8 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR
HAINES 6 AND LOW HUMIDITY...

...SIGNIFICANT COLD FRONT WIND SHIFT EXPECTED IN THE AFTERNOON...


.DISCUSSION...UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE WILL ENTER THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST FRIDAY BRINGING SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE WEATHER FOR THE
NEXT FEW DAYS. A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE BURN AREA FRIDAY
AFTERNOON BRINGING HAINES 6 CONDITIONS FOR MOST OF FRIDAY. GENERAL
WINDS WILL BE FROM THE NORTHWEST AFTER THE FRONTAL PASSAGE RESULTING
IN GOOD ALIGNMENT WITH THE NORTH FORK CANYON. SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST INTO NEXT WEEK WITH NO WETTING RAINS
LIKELY.

***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***

.REST OF TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
CWR.................0.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....55.
MAX HUMIDITY........36 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........DRAINAGE WINDS 3 TO 6 MPH.
RIDGETOP WIND.......EAST 8 TO 12 MPH DECREASING TO 4 TO 7 MPH AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........6 (HIGH).

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. A
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....86.
MIN HUMIDITY........14 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 3 TO 8 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST
                    11 TO 15 MPH AFTER 1500.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTHEAST 4 TO 7 MPH SHIFTING NORTHWEST 14 TO 18
                    MPH AFTER 1500.
LAL.................2.
HAINES INDEX........6 (HIGH).

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.SATURDAY...
NOT AS WARM. MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS 50 TO 55. HIGHS 70 TO 85. SOUTHWEST
WINDS 2 TO 7 MPH.
.SUNDAY...
COOLER. PARTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS 45 TO 50. HIGHS 65 TO 70. NORTH WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH.
.MONDAY...
PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS 47 TO 52. HIGHS 65 TO 75. WEST WINDS 5 TO
8 MPH.
.TUESDAY...
PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS
47 TO 52. HIGHS 75 TO 80. SOUTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 7 MPH.

$$
FORECASTER...JON BONK
REQUESTED BY...MARK JOHNSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090827.NORTH.01/PDT