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SPOT FORECAST FOR BOX CANYON MEADOW...USFS WNF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
936 AM PDT THU SEP 3 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 03.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A COLD FRONT MOVED ACROSS WESTERN WASHINGTON AND
WESTERN OREGON WEDNESDAY NIGHT...BUT THE RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THE
FRONT HAS GENERALLY FALLEN WELL NORTH OF THE BURN AREA. HOWEVER
THIS FRONT HAS USHERED IN SOME COOLER AND MORE MOIST AIR TO THE
BURN AREA...AND THE GUSTY WEST WINDS THAT WERE OCCURRING IN SOME
AREAS ARE BEGINNING TO DIE DOWN. THERMAL LOW PRESSURE BUILDING
INTO SOUTHEAST OREGON WILL LIKELY CAUSE ANOTHER MINOR INCREASING
IN WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.
THESE WINDS SHOULD DIE DOWN OVERNIGHT...YIELDING TO GENERAL DOWN
SLOPE OR DOWN DRAINAGE WINDS BY LATE EVENING.

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

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72-75.
MIN HUMIDITY........32-35 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE OR SOUTHEAST WIND 0-3 MPH...SHIFTING
                    TO WEST TO NORTHWEST 2-5 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    10 MPH BY 1500. WINDS MAY TEND MORE NORTHERLY
                    AT TIMES DUE TO CHANNELING THROUGH THE LOCAL
                    TERRAIN.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE OR SOUTHEAST WIND 2-6 MPH...SHIFTING
                    TO WEST TO NORTHWEST 4-8 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    15 MPH BY 1500. WINDS MAY TEND MORE NORTHERLY
                    AT TIMES DUE TO CHANNELING THROUGH THE LOCAL
                    CANYONS.

TIME (PDT)      10 AM    NOON     2 PM     4 PM      6 PM
TEMP............62       68       72       74        72
RH..............66       50       39       35        34
20 FT WIND......SE 0-2   SE 1-3   SE 2-5   W-NW 3-7  N 4-8
   MAX GUST.....5        7        10       14        14
EYE LEVEL WIND..SE 0-1   SE 0-2   SE 0-3   W-NW 1-4  N 2-5
   MAX GUST.....4        5        7        10        10

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FORECASTER...WEAGLE
REQUESTED BY...BRENDA HALLMARK
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090903.BOXCA.01/PQR