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SPOT FORECAST FOR CANAL CREEK...USFS WNF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
1057 AM PDT THU AUG 27 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1045 PDT ON AUGUST 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...BECOMING VERY WARM...DRY...AND UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON...

.DISCUSSION...ONE MORE WARM AND DRY DAY IS EXPECTED TODAY FOR THE
FIRE AREA...WITH CONDITIONS RAPIDLY BECOMING MORE UNSTABLE AFTER
THE MORNING INVERSION BREAKS. THIS MORNINGS MID-LEVEL HAINES INDEX
AT SALEM WAS 6...AND MID-LEVEL HAINES 6 CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO
PREVAIL OVER THE FIRE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. THIS INSTABILITY MAY
LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT GROWTH POTENTIAL FOR THE FIRE ONCE THE
INVERSION BREAKS AROUND NOON. THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT A SIGNIFICANT
PACIFIC FRONTAL SYSTEM IS ABOUT 500 MILES OFFSHORE...AND
APPROACHING THE OREGON AND WASHINGTON COAST. OFF THE SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA COAST...THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM IGNACIO ARE
DRIFTING NORTHWARD INTO THE FRONTAL SYSTEM. THIS WILL ADD PLENTY
OF MOISTURE TO THE FRONT AS IT MOVES ONSHORE...BRINGING A GOOD
POSSIBILITY OF MEASURABLE RAIN...POSSIBLY WETTING RAIN...TO THE
FIRE AREA FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

CHANCE OF WETTING RAIN (CWR) 0.25 INCHES OR GREATER.
FORECAST WINDS ARE 10 MINUTE AVERAGES 20 FT ABOVE VEGETATION.
THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....87-91.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT VARIABLE WIND 0-2 MPH UNTIL NOON.
                    THEN INCREASING UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY WIND 1-3 MPH
                    DURING THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS TO 8 MPH AFTER
                    1500.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE LESS THAN 5 MPH UNTIL NOON. THEN
                    INCREASING UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY WIND 3-7 MPH
                    DURING THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS TO 15 MPH AFTER
                    1500.
VISIBILITY..........POOR IN SMOKE BELOW INVERSION UNTIL NOON...
                    THEN IMPROVING TO UNRESTRICTED BY 1400.
                    ABOVE INVERSION...VISIBILITY UNRESTRICTED.

TIME (PDT)      NOON       2 PM       4 PM       6 PM
TEMP............74         85         90         88
RH..............50         30         22         22
20 FT WIND......UPSLP 2-5  UPSLP 3-6  UPVLY 3-7  UPVLY/W-NW 3-7
   MAX GUST.....8          12         15         15
EYE LEVEL WIND..VRBL 0-1   UPSLP 0-2  UPVLY 1-3  UPVLY/W-NW 1-3
   MAX GUST.....3          5          8          8
VISIBILITY (MI).1-3 MI     5 MI       >5 MI      >5 MI

UPSLP REFERS TO UPSLOPE...UPVLY REFERS TO AN UPVALLEY WIND.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR THEN INCREASING HIGH CLOUDS LATE.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....54-58.
MAX HUMIDITY........85-95 PERCENT DRAINAGE BOTTOM. AROUND 65 PERCENT
                    RIDGES.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWN DRAINAGE 0-3 MPH...STRONGEST DURING THE
                    EVENING.
WIND (20 FT)........DOWN DRAINAGE 1-5 MPH...STRONGEST DURING THE
                    EVENING.
VISIBILITY..........UNRESTRICTED EARLY...THEN DETERIORATING AS SMOKE
                    SETTLES INTO THE DRAINAGES OVERNIGHT. VISIBILITY
                    AS LOW AS 1/2 MILE OR LESS IN DRAINAGES BY
                    DAYBREAK.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    DRAINAGE LESS THAN 3 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...WEAGLE
REQUESTED BY...KEVIN KENNEDY
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090827.CANAL.01/PQR