FNUS76 KPDT 290518
FWSPDT

SPOT FORECAST FOR NORTH FORK COMPLEX...USFS UMF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
1015 PM PDT FRI AUG 28 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2139 PDT ON AUGUST 28.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
DEVELOPING TONIGHT. COOLER SATURDAY WITH A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS.  SATURDAY NIGHT THE AIR MASS SHOULD BECOME TOO STABLE
FOR THUNDERSTORMS BUT ISOLATED SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE.

***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.........MOSTLY CLOUDY.  SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................10.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....50-55.
MAX HUMIDITY........55-60 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........DRAINAGE WINDS 3 TO 6 MPH.
RIDGETOP WIND.......WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH.
LAL.................3.
HAINES INDEX........4 (LOW).

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. A
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN
                    A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-75.
MIN HUMIDITY........35-40 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 3 TO 7 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST
                    WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGETOP WIND.......NORTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH SHIFTING TO NORTH 5
                    TO 10 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
LAL.................3.
HAINES INDEX........3 (VERY LOW).

.SATURDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN ISOLATED
                    SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................10.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....47-52.
MAX HUMIDITY........60-65 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........DRAINAGE WINDS 1 TO 5 MPH.
RIDGETOP WIND.......NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
LAL.................3.
HAINES INDEX........4 (LOW).

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FORECASTER...JON MITTELSTADT
REQUESTED BY...MARK JOHNSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090828.NORTH.01/PDT