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SPOT FORECAST FOR TUMBLEBUG...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
947 AM PDT THU OCT 22 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0921 PDT ON OCTOBER 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A TEMPORARY RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE
FIRE AREA SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT FOR DRY CONDITIONS. A VERY
WET FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE AREA SUNDAY MORNING WITH RAIN
DEVELOPING BY MIDDAY. THE COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE FIRE AREA BETWEEN
5 PM AND 8 PM SUNDAY EVENING. HOWEVER...RAIN WILL CONTINUE...HEAVY
AT TIMES...THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT BEFORE FINALLY LETTING UP MONDAY
AFTERNOON. RAINFALL TOTALS FROM THIS SYSTEM WILL LIKELY BE IN THE
2 TO 4 INCH RANGE. SNOW LEVELS WILL REMAIN ABOVE 7000 FEET UNTIL
FALLING TO AROUND 4000 FEET MONDAY MORNING WHEN COOLER AIR FROM
THE GULF OF ALASKA ARRIVES.



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.



.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
CWR (%).............0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....51-60.
MIN HUMIDITY........49-57 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WIND...BECOMING NORTH 2 TO 5 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.


.SUNDAY...RAIN DEVELOPING BY MIDDAY. SNOW LEVEL ABOVE 7000 FEET.
VISIBILITY LOWERING TO 2 MILES IN THE AFTERNOON. LOWS IN THE
UPPER 30S. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. MINIMUM RH 59 TO 68 PERCENT.
SOUTHEAST WIND 2 TO 5 MPH...BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 9 MPH IN THE
AFTERNOON.

.MONDAY...RAIN...SNOW...BREEZY. SNOW LEVEL LOWERING TO 4000 FEET BY
LATE IN THE MORNING. VISIBILITY 1 MILE. LOWS 30 TO 36. HIGHS 38
TO 43. MINIMUM RH 68 TO 77 PERCENT. SOUTHWEST WIND 7 TO 14 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO 26 MPH.


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FORECASTER...COLLINS
REQUESTED BY...PAT HUTCHINS
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20091022.TUMBL.07/PQR