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SPOT FORECAST FOR CROFTON...ODF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
404 AM PDT SAT SEP 12 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1925 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 11.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A STRONG THERMAL TROUGH IS LOCATED OVER THE OREGON
COAST RANGE EARLY THIS MORNING...WHICH CAUSED A WEAK OFFSHORE FLOW
TO PERSIST OVERNIGHT. THE THERMAL TROUGH WILL MOVE FURTHER INLAND
TODAY...MOVING EAST OF THE CASCADES LATE IN THE DAY. THIS WILL
BRING ANOTHER DRY AND WARM DAY TO MOUNT ADAMS.

A THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS IS LIKELY TO HOLD OFF UNTIL SUNDAY
AFTERNOON AS A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE LIFTS UP FROM THE SOUTHWEST.


.TODAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR (%).............0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....71 TO 75.
MIN HUMIDITY........AROUND 30 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHEAST WINDS 0 TO 3 MPH EARLY THIS MORNING.
                    WINDS BECOMING UPSLOPE/SOUTHWEST BY MID MORNING...
                    AND INCREASING TO 2 TO 4 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 1 TO 3 MPH...BECOMING WEST
                    3 TO 6 MPH BY AFTERNOON.
VISIBILITY..........UNLIMITED.

TIME (PDT)      8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY/WEATHER.....SUNNY  SUNNY  SUNNY  SUNNY  SUNNY
TEMP............64     67     71     73     73
RH..............38     34     30     28     31
20 FT WIND......SE 1   SE 2   SW 3   SW 4   W 5
   MAX GUST.....-      4      5      5      7
EYE LEVEL WIND..CALM   S 1    SW 2   SW 3   SW 3
   MAX GUST.....-      -      4      4      4
CWR.............0      0      0      0      0
VISIBILITY (MI).


.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR IN THE EVENING...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR (%).............0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 52.
MAX HUMIDITY........55 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 2 TO 4 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING...
                    BECOMING DRAINAGE LESS THAN 3 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST 3 TO 6 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING...
                    BECOMING NORTHEAST/DRAINAGE LESS THAN 3 MPH.
VISIBILITY..........UNLIMITED.


.SUNDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR (%).............5 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....65 TO 70.
MIN HUMIDITY........35 TO 40 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHEAST 1 TO 3 MPH BECOMING UPSLOPE BY
                    MID MORNING...AND INCREASING TO 3 TO 6 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST 1 TO 3 MPH BECOMING WEST 4 TO 8 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
VISIBILITY..........UNLIMITED.

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FORECASTER...DELSON
REQUESTED BY...MICHAEL BACKLUND
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090911.CROFT.01/PQR