FNUS76 KPDT 261417 FWSPDT SPOT FORECAST FOR FLAT TOP 4...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 716 AM PDT MON APR 26 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 PDT ON APRIL 26. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. TEMPERATURE HUMIDITY 20-FT WIND (MPH) 0900 37 58 SE 5-8 MPH 1100 48 47 S 7-10 MPH 1300 57 40 S 10-14 MPH 1500 62 29 S 11-15 MPH 1700 65 25 S 12-16 MPH 1900 63 28 S 14-18 MPH 2100 58 34 S 14-18 MPH 2300 50 50 S 13-17 MPH .DISCUSSION...A WEATHER SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE AREA TODAY WITH WARMER TEMPERATURES...INCREASED SOUTHERLY WINDS AND CLOUD COVER TODAY. TONIGHT A FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH WITH UP TO A QUARTER INCH OF RAIN THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING. TUESDAY WILL SEE MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES AND CONTINUED RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL CONTINUE WITH PERIODS OF BREEZY WINDS THROUGH REST OF THE WEEK. ***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*** .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. CWR.................0. MAX TEMPERATURE.....64-66. MIN HUMIDITY........21-24 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 4 TO 7 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTH 12 TO 18 MPH BY AFTERNOON GUSTING TO 22 MPH. UPR SLP/RIDGETOP...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH INCREASING TO 14 TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON GUSTING TO 22 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 16 MPH INCREASING TO 20 TO 26 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE EVENING...THEN A CHANCE OF RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. CWR.................40. MIN TEMPERATURE.....35-37. MAX HUMIDITY........90-93 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 11 TO 18 MPH GUSTING TO 23 MPH. UPR SLP/RIDGETOP...SOUTHWEST WINDS 12 TO 20 MPH GUSTING TO 23 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 30 TO 37 MPH DECREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SHOWERS LIKELY. CWR.................50. MAX TEMPERATURE.....46-49. MIN HUMIDITY........50-54 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 14 MPH. UPR SLP/RIDGETOP...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 17 MPH BECOMING WEST IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......5500 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH WEST WIND 19 TO 22 DECREASING 15 TO 20 BY EVENING. $$ FORECASTER...DOUGLAS WEBER/VINCENT PAPOL REQUESTED BY...NICK SWAGGER TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100426.FLATT.01/PDT