FNUS76 KPDT 161300
FWSPDT

SPOT FORECAST FOR WEST BUTTE RX...USFS OCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
600 AM PDT WED SEP 16 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 16.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE BURN AREA THIS
AFTERNOON BRINGING INCREASED WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING THEN
DECREASING OVERNIGHT. WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS TODAY BEFORE THE FRONT
WILL BE REPLACED BY COOLER TEMPERATURES AND GOOD RECOVERIES TONIGHT
AND CONTINUED COOL CONDITIONS THURSDAY. RIDGING WILL RETURN FRIDAY
FOR DRIER AND WARMING CONDITIONS BEFORE ANOTHER DISTURBANCE MOVES
THROUGH SATURDAY WITH BREEZY WINDS BUT NO RAIN EXPECTED.

***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***

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....79.
MIN HUMIDITY........17-22 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE LESS THAN 5 MPH BECOMING WEST TO
                    NORTHWEST 4 TO 8 MPH IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON
                    INCREASING TO 7 TO 13 MPH AFTER 1600.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTH WINDS 9 TO 16 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    BECOMING WEST 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE EARLY
                    AFTERNOON THEN TURNING NORTHWEST 10 TO 16 MPH
                    AFTER 1600.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE INCREASING TO 7500 FT AGL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 13 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....41-44.
MAX HUMIDITY........85-90 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 11 MPH BECOMING
                    TERRAIN DRIVEN LESS THAN 5 MPH AFTER 0200.
RIDGETOP WIND.......NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 16 MPH DECREASING TO 5
                    TO 10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7500 FT AGL DECREASING NEAR SURFACE AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....71-75.
MIN HUMIDITY........17-22 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE LESS THAN 5 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 4
                    TO 9 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGETOP WIND.......NORTHWEST WINDS 2 TO 6 MPH INCREASING TO 5 TO
                    10 MPH IN THE LATE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE INCREASING TO 5000 FT AGL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 9 MPH.

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FORECASTER...GEORGE PERRY
REQUESTED BY...KRISTIN WESTMORELAND
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090916.WESTB.01/PDT