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SPOT FORECAST FOR FRENCH RIDGE...USFS WNF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
102 PM PDT SUN SEP 13 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1244 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 13.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...THUNDERSTORM THREAT UNTIL MIDNIGHT...

.DISCUSSION...MOIST AND UNSTABLE SOUTH FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE
OVER THE WILLAMETTE NATIONAL FOREST THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THIS
WILL MAINTAIN A THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS. THE AIR MASS HAS MOISTENED
SUFFICIENTLY SUCH THAT ANY STORMS SHOULD BE WET. INCREASING
ONSHORE LOW-LEVEL FLOW MONDAY WILL RESULT IN ADDITIONAL COOLING.

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


.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....NEAR 80.
MIN HUMIDITY........40 TO 45 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UP-SLOPE 2 TO 5 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 8 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTS TO 15 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. A
                    20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2300.
CWR (%).............LESS THAN 10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....52 TO 55.
MAX HUMIDITY........85 TO 95 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UP-SLOPE 2 TO 4 MPH THROUGH 1900 THEN BECOMING
                    DOWN-SLOPE OR LOCAL DRAINAGE TO 3 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST TO WEST 5 TO 9 MPH THROUGH THE EVENING
                    THEN SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 3 TO 7 MPH.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
CWR (%).............5 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70 TO 73.
MIN HUMIDITY........48 TO 54 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UP-SLOPE LESS THAN 3 MPH THROUGH 1100 THEN 2 TO 5
                    MPH. AFTERNOON GUSTS TO 8 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH IN THE MORNING THEN
                    SOUTHWEST TO WEST 5 TO 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...WEISHAAR
REQUESTED BY...PHIL MCCULLEY
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090913.FRENC.01/PQR