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SPOT FORECAST FOR TUMBLEBUG...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
422 PM PDT FRI OCT 2 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1555 PDT ON OCTOBER 02.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...UPPER LOW SLIDES DOWN WEST COAST THIS WEEKEND AND
WILL BRING COOL AND WET CONDITIONS. SUNDAY APPEARS TO BE THE
WETTEST DAY WHERE A DEFORMATION ZONE MAY SET UP OVER AREA
INCREASING CHANCES FOR A WETTING RAIN.

LONGER RANGE SHOWS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING AGAIN OVER THE PAC NW...
WITH DRY NORTHERLY FLOW. THIS WILL RESULT IN MILD AFTERNOONS AND
COOL NIGHTS...WITH SEASONABLE RH. MAY SEE A WEAK SYSTEM SLIDE DOWN
EAST SIDE OF RIDGE AND BRING SOME LIGHT PRECIP TO THE AREA ON WED.
WOLFE

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. $$



.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS
                    AND POSSIBLE SNOW SHOWERS LATE TONIGHT.

CWR (%).............7 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....29-33.
MAX HUMIDITY........95-100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS TO 3 TO 6 MPH...THEN DECREASING TO
                    1 TO 3 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
VISIBILITY..........6 MILES OR GREATER...BUT OCCASIONALLY DOWN TO 2 MILES
                      DURING SHOWERS.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SCATTERED SNOW AND RAIN SHOWERS...BECOMING
                    NUMEROUS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR (%).............40 PERCENT.
SNOW LEVEL..........4500 FEET...WITH 2-4 INCHES LIKELY ABOVE 4000 FEET.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....40-47.
MIN HUMIDITY........61-73 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST 5 TO 8 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING. GUSTS UP TO 15
                    MPH.
VISIBILITY..........6 MILES OR GREATER...BUT OCCASIONALLY DOWN TO 2 MILES
                      DURING SHOWERS.

.SUNDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SNOW AND RAIN LIKELY.
CWR (%).............50 PERCENT.
SNOW LEVEL..........4500 FEET...WITH 1-3 INCHES LIKELY ABOVE 4000 FEET.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....45-55.
MIN HUMIDITY........70-80 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WIND 4-8 MPH.
VISIBILITY..........6 MILES OR GREATER...BUT OCCASIONALLY DOWN TO 1 MILE.

.MONDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY
SNOW LEVEL..........4500 FEET...WITH 2-4 INCHES LIKELY ABOVE 5000 FEET.
CWR (%).............25-30 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....59-65.
MIN HUMIDITY........60-75 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WIND 3-5 MPH.
VISIBILITY..........GREATER THAN 6 MILES.

$$
FORECASTER...WOLFE
REQUESTED BY...CHUCK GLADNEY
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20091002.TUMBL.01/PQR