FNUS76 KPDT 050051
FWSPDT

SPOT FORECAST FOR NORTH FORK COMPLEX...USFS UMF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
551 PM PDT FRI SEP 4 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1704 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...INCREASING HIGH CLOUDS TONIGHT WITH DRAINAGE WINDS.
LOOK FOR INCREASING FROM THE NORTHWEST ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS A
COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. RIDGE TOP WINDS TONIGHT WILL
CONTRIBUTE TO POOR RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ON RIDGE TOPS. THE COLD
FRONT WILL ARRIVE EARLY SATURDAY EVENING BRINGING GUSTY WINDS AND
CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING.

***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***

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....RIDGE TOPS 48
                    VALLEYS/LOWER SLOPES 43.
MAX HUMIDITY........RIDGE TOPS 71 PERCENT
                    VALLEYS/LOWER SLOPES 85 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH UNTIL 2100 THEN
                    BECOMING DRAINAGE WINDS 1-4 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
RIDGETOP WIND.......NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 12 MPH UNTIL 0000
                    THEN BECOMING SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 3 TO
                    8 MPH AFTER 0300.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........4 (LOW).

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....79-81.
MIN HUMIDITY........26-28 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........DRAINAGE WINDS LESS THAN 5 MPH UNTIL 0900 THEN
                    BECOMING UPSLOPE 3 TO 7 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING
                    UNTIL 1500 THEN BECOMING NORTHWEST 7 TO 12 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 9 MPH UNTIL 1500 THEN
                    SHIFTING TO WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........3 (VERY LOW).

$$
FORECASTER...ALAN POLAN
REQUESTED BY...MARK JOHNSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090904.NORTH.01/PDT