FNUS76 KPDT 240242
FWSPDT

SPOT FORECAST FOR NORTH FORK COMPLEX...USFS UMF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
742 PM PDT WED SEP 23 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1912 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A WEAK DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE BURN AREA
TOMORROW WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES...SLIGHTLY HIGHER HUMIDITIES AND
INCREASING NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS IN THE AFTERNOON. COOLER
TEMPERATURES AND LESS DRY CONDITION WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
WEEKEND.

***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.........CLEAR. HAZY WITH AREAS OF SMOKE IN VALLEYS.
CWR.................0.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....58-62 RIDGES...53-57 VALLEYS.
MAX HUMIDITY........32-37 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 2 TO 6 MPH BECOMING
                    DRAINAGE WINDS LESS THAN 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS 2 TO 6 MPH SWITCHING
                    TO THE SOUTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........5 (MODERATE).

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. HAZY AND AREAS OF VALLEY SMOKE IN THE
                    MORNING.
CWR.................0.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....80-85.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-20 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE LESS THAN 5 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST TO
                    NORTH 2 TO 7 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 2 TO 6 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST
                    IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON THEN SHIFTING NORTH 4
                    TO 8 MPH IN THE LATE AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........5 (MODERATE).

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FORECASTER...GEORGE PERRY
REQUESTED BY...MARK JOHNSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090923.NORTH.02/PDT