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SPOT FORECAST FOR HILLOCK TS...SALEM BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
828 AM PDT WED OCT 14 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PDT ON OCTOBER 14.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A STRONG PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM IS IMPACTING THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST TODAY...WITH RAIN AND VERY GUSTY RIDGETOP WINDS.
ONE MAJOR LOW PRESSURE CENTER WAS OFF THE COAST FROM ASTORIA THIS
MORNING...AND IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTHWARD INTO BRITISH COLUMBIA
THIS AFTERNOON. AS THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES AWAY FROM THE
AREA...EXPECT SOUTHERLY WINDS TO GRADUALLY DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ONSHORE INTO
BRITISH COLUMBIA LATE THURSDAY NIGHT...POSSIBLY BRINGING ANOTHER
INCREASE IN SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS LATER THURSDAY NIGHT OR
FRIDAY.

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.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. RAIN...TAPERING TO SCATTERED SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 52.
MIN HUMIDITY........AROUND 75 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH 9-18 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THIS
                    MORNING...EASING TO 6-12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    25 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON.
EYE LEVEL WIND......SOUTH 5-10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH THIS
                    MORNING...EASING TO 3-7 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    15 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON.

TIME (PDT)      10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
TEMP............52     52     52     52
RH..............80     77     76     75
20 FT WIND......S 15   S 12   S 10   S 7
   MAX GUST.....40     35     25     25
EYE LEVEL WIND..S 7    S 5    S 5    S 4
   MAX GUST.....25     20     15     12

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    EVENING...THEN RAIN BECOMING LIKELY AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 45.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH 5-10 MPH WITH EVENING GUSTS TO 20 MPH...
                    EASING TO SOUTHEAST 3-6 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 12
                    MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH 3-6 MPH WITH EVENING GUSTS TO 12 MPH...
                    EASING TO SOUTHEAST 1-4 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN LIKELY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 57.
MIN HUMIDITY........65-70 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST 3-6 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 12 MPH...
                    BECOMING SOUTH 5-10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 18 MPH
                    DURING THE AFTERNOON.
EYE LEVEL WIND......SOUTHEAST 1-4 MPH...BECOMING SOUTH 2-5 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO 10 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...WEAGLE
REQUESTED BY...ROBERTA RUNGE
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20091014.HILLO.02/PQR