FNUS76 KPQR 040030 FWSPQR SPOT FORECAST FOR CROFTON...USFS GP NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 530 PM PDT THU SEP 3 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1650 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 03. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...THE FIRE AREA IS GRADUALLY DRYING OUT THIS AFTERNOON AS WEAK HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS TO BUILD INTO OREGON AND SOUTHERN WASHINGTON. AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL STALL OFFSHORE FRIDAY ALLOWING SOMEWHAT WARMER AND DRIER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE MOUNT ADAMS AREA FRIDAY. THE FRONT WILL EVENTUALLY MOVE ONSHORE FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...SPREADING RAIN INTO THE WASHINGTON CASCADES SATURDAY MORNING. THIS ALONG WITH CONTINUED SHOWERS SUNDAY AND MONDAY WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY RESULT IN A WETTING RAIN FOR THE FIRE AREA. RAINFALL TOTALS MAY EXCEED AN INCH BY THE TIME THE LABOR DAY WEEKEND IS OVER. WEAGLE CHANCE OF WETTING RAIN (CWR) 0.25 INCHES OR GREATER. THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. CWR (%).............NEAR ZERO. MIN TEMPERATURE.....44-48. MAX HUMIDITY........AROUND 60 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 0-2 MPH...BECOMING NORTHEAST OR DOWNSLOPE 0-3 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 6 MPH BY 2000. SOUTHWEST WIND 0-2 MPH POSSIBLY RESUMING BY DAYBREAK. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 2-5 MPH...QUICKLY BECOMING NORTHEAST OR DOWNSLOPE 2-6 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 10 MPH BY 2000. SOUTHWEST WIND 2-5 MPH POSSIBLY RESUMING BY DAYBREAK. VISIBILITY..........GENERALLY UNRESTRICTED. TIME (PDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM TEMP............55 53 50 48 47 46 RH..............50 45 45 50 55 60 20 FT WIND......SW 3 NE 2 NE 4 NE 4 NE 3 VRB 2 MAX GUST.....6 5 10 10 6 5 EYE LEVEL WIND..SW 0-1 NE 0-1 NE 1-3 NE 1-2 NE 0-1 VRB 0-1 MAX GUST.....3 3 6 5 3 2 .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CWR (%).............NEAR ZERO. MAX TEMPERATURE.....65-69. MIN HUMIDITY........AROUND 35 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE/SOUTHWEST INCREASING 0-3 MPH. GUSTS TO 8 MPH DEVELOPING IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE/SOUTHWEST INCREASING 2-7 MPH. GUSTS TO 13 MPH DEVELOPING IN THE AFTERNOON. VISIBILITY..........GENERALLY UNRESTRICTED. .OUTLOOK FOR FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY... INCREASING SOUTHWEST WINDS THROUGH THE PERIOD...WITH 20 FT WINDS GUSTING TO 30-40 MPH AS A SIGNIFICANT FRONTAL SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE FIRE AREA SATURDAY. RAIN WILL LIKELY DEVELOP SOMETIME SATURDAY MORNING...INCREASING IN INTENSITY BY AFTERNOON. SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY WITH CONTINUED GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS AT TIMES. SNOW LEVELS MAY FALL AS LOW AS 6000 TO 7000 FEET BY SUNDAY EVENING WITH THIS AUTUMN LIKE FRONTAL SYSTEM. $$ FORECASTER...WEAGLE REQUESTED BY...PETE NELSON REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20090903.CROFT.01/PQR