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SPOT FORECAST FOR PARDNER II...USFS MH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
644 PM PDT THU OCT 8 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 PDT ON OCTOBER 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...STRONG EAST WINDS DEVELOPING FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING
THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEKEND...

.DISCUSSION...A STRONG BUT DRY COLD FRONT PUSHING SOUTHWARD FROM
CANADA WILL MOVE ACROSS EASTERN WASHINGTON AND OREGON FRIDAY...
FOLLOWED BY STRONG POLAR HIGH PRESSURE WHICH WILL BUILD INTO THE
INTERIOR PACIFIC NORTHWEST THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND. AS THE COLD
FRONT MOVES DOWN THE CASCADES EARLY FRIDAY...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO
EASTERLY AND INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. VERY GUSTY AND CHILLY
EAST WINDS ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEKEND.

CHANCE OF WETTING RAIN (CWR) 0.25 INCHES OR GREATER.
THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........AREAS OF MORNING FOG AND LOW CLOUDS...OTHERWISE
                    PARTLY SUNNY.
CWR (%).............0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....58-60.
MIN HUMIDITY........40-45 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WIND EARLY IN THE MORNING...BECOMING
                    EAST 2-5 MPH BY 1000 AND INCREASING TO 7-14 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH BY 1400.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WIND EARLY IN THE MORNING...BECOMING
                    EAST 1-3 MPH BY 1000 AND INCREASING TO 4-8 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH BY 1400.
VISIBILITY..........2-4 MILES WITH MOUNTAINS OBSCURED IN THE
                    MORNING...IMPROVING TO 10 MILES OR BETTER
                    BY MIDDAY.
CEILING.............500-1000 FT ABOVE THE BURN AREA EARLY IN THE
                    MORNING...LIFTING AND BREAKING UP BY 1300.


TIME (PDT)      7 AM    9 AM   11 AM   1 PM    3 PM    5 PM
TEMP............39      41     51      56      58      59
RH..............100     95     65      55      45      42
20 FT WIND......VRB 1   E 1-2  E 2-5   E 5-10  E 7-14  E 9-16
   MAX GUST.....4       6      10      20      25      30
EYE LEVEL WIND..VRB 0-1 E 1    E 1-3   E 2-6   E 3-8   E 4-9
   MAX GUST.....2       3      6       12      15      20
CEILING (FT)....500     800    2500    NONE    NONE    NONE
VISIBILITY (MI).1-3     2-4    6       10+     10+     10+

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FORECASTER...WEAGLE
REQUESTED BY...ERIN JORDAN
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20091009.PARDN.01/PQR