FNUS76 KPDT 300056
FWSPDT

SPOT FORECAST FOR NORTH FORK COMPLEX...USFS UMF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
556 PM PDT TUE SEP 29 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1727 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 29.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...UPPER TROUGH CROSSING THE REGION AT THIS HOUR WITH
SHOWER ACTIVITY EXPECTED TO END SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET. WINDS WILL
SOMEWHAT DECREASE LATER IN THE EVENING BUT REMAIN PERSISTENTLY
NORTHWEST WITH SLIGHTLY STRONGER WINDS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. BEST
CHANCE FOR WETTING RAIN/SNOW WILL OCCUR LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY
AS MID LEVEL FLOW TURNS UPSLOPE INTO THE BLUES. ACCUMULATING SNOW
LEVELS WILL DROP TO NEAR 4500 FEET BY MID-MORNING WITH ONE-TENTH OF
AN INCH OF RAIN AND MELTED SNOW AT MOST BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

***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.........CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS MIXED WITH SNOW AT
                    HIGHER INCIDENT ELEVATIONS MAINLY IN THE
                    EVENING.
CWR.................10.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....27 TOP...34 BOTTOM.
MAX HUMIDITY........93-98 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 14 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20
                    MPH DECREASING TO 4 TO 8 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL
                    GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH AFTER 2100 HRS.
RIDGETOP WIND.......NORTHWEST WINDS 16 TO 22 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30
                    MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........2 (VERY LOW).

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS WITH SNOW
                    AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS BECOMING ISOLATED RAIN
                    SHOWERS MIXED WITH SNOW BY EARLY IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................20.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....41 TOP...50 BOTTOM.
MIN HUMIDITY........60 PERCENT TOP...43 PERCENT BOTTOM.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 10 INCREASING TO 14 TO 18
                    MPH AFTER 1000. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH MAINLY IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
RIDGETOP WIND.......NORTHWEST WINDS 18 TO 22 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH
                    MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........3 (VERY LOW).

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FORECASTER...JON BONK
REQUESTED BY...MARK JOHNSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090929.NORTH.01/PDT