FNUS76 KPDT 261715
FWSPDT

SPOT FORECAST FOR RATTLESNAKE RX...BLM BUD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
1015 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.

.DISCUSSION...CLOUDS AND WINDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE THIS
AFTERNOON. A WARM FRONT WILL BRING RAIN LATE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. A
COLD FRONT WILL CROSS LATE TOMORROW AFTERNOON WITH A PERIOD OF
SHOWERS FOLLOWED BY BREEZY EVENING NORTHWEST WINDS. THUNDERSTORMS
POSSIBLE TOMORROW AFTERNOON.

***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.........VARIABLE HIGH CLOUDS WITH INCREASING MID AND LOW
                    CUMULUS.
CWR.................0.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....64.
MIN HUMIDITY........18 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 12 TO 16 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS TO 25 MPH AROUND 1100 HRS.
 UPR SLP/RIDGETOP...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 16 TO 21 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH AROUND 17 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. A
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE EVENING...THEN
                    RAIN LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................60.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....36.
MAX HUMIDITY........80 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 12 TO 16 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH
                    DECREASING TO 6 TO 10 MPH OVERNIGHT.
 UPR SLP/RIDGETOP...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 17 TO 21 MPH DECREASING
                    BRIEFLY TO 9 TO 15 MPH EARLY OVERNIGHT THEN
                    INCREASING AGAIN TOWARDS SUNRISE.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 2000 FT AGL AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH AROUND 24 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SHOWERS LIKELY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................60.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....47.
MIN HUMIDITY........52 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 14 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30
                    MPH SHIFTING NORTHWEST LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
 UPR SLP/RIDGETOP...SOUTHWEST 22 TO 28 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING
                    DECREASING TO 15 TO 20 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING
                    THEN SHIFTING NORTHWEST IN THE LATE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 25 MPH.

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FORECASTER...JON BONK
REQUESTED BY...CARLA
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100426.RATTL.01/PDT