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SPOT FORECAST FOR TUNBLEBUG...USFS WNF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
437 AM PDT TUE SEP 15 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1652 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 14.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE REGION THIS MORNING WILL SHIFT
EAST TODAY...WITH A WEAK TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING BY
AFTERNOON WHICH SHOULD KEEP PRESSURE GRADIENTS WEAK AND WINDS
PREDOMINANTLY TERRAIN DRIVEN TODAY. HUMIDITY RECOVERY SHOULD BE
PRETTY GOOD TONIGHT. A WEAKENING PACIFIC COLD FRONT WILL REACH THE
CASCADES LATE WEDNESDAY BRINGING A CHANCE FOR LIGHT RAIN TOWARDS
THE END OF THE DAY.


CHANCE OF WETTING RAIN (CWR) 0.25 INCHES OR GREATER.
FORECAST WINDS ARE 10 MINUTE AVERAGES 20 FT ABOVE VEGETATION.
THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS.


.TODAY...(15 SEPT)
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR (%).............0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....66 TO 70.
MIN HUMIDITY........AROUND 40 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT DRAINAGE WINDS EARLY BECOMING UPSLOPE
                    BY MID MORNING...AND INCREASING TO 4 TO 8 MPH
                    BY AFTERNOON.

TIME (PDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
TEMP............43     50     55     60     64     67
RH..............96     78     66     58     46     43
20 FT WIND......S 0-2  NW 0-2 NW 2-4 W 3-5  W 4-6  W 4-6
   MAX GUST.....-      -      5      7      8      8


.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
CWR (%).............0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....40 TO 45.
MAX HUMIDITY........90 TO 95 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE 4 TO 6 MPH EARLY EVENING BECOMING LIGHT
                    DRAINAGE LESS THAN 3 MPH BY LATE EVENING.


.WEDNESDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING
                    CLOUDS WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN LATE IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR (%).............5 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....61 TO 64.
MIN HUMIDITY........50 TO 55 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE LESS THAN 3 MPH BECOMING WEST 8 TO
                    11 MPH.

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FORECASTER...DELSON
REQUESTED BY...KEVIN KENNEDY
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090914.TUNBL.01/PQR