FNUS76 KPDT 261324
FWSPDT

SPOT FORECAST FOR SUN FORESTM 2 3...USFS DEF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
624 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...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.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....66-68.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-22 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 3 TO 8 MPH INCREASING TO 7 TO 14
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
 UPR SLP/RIDGETOP...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 12 MPH INCREASING
                    TO 10 TO 18 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE INCREASING TO 2500 FT AGL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 16 MPH INCREASING TO 20 TO 26
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

                            TEMPERATURE     HUMIDITY     20-FT WIND (MPH)
                    1000        49             48        S 4-7 MPH
                    1200        59             33        S 6-10 MPH
                    1400        64             26        S-SW 12-14 MPH
                    1600        66             22        S-SW 12-15 MPH
                    1800        63             26        S-SW 11-14 MPH
                    2000        52             44        S-SW 10-14 MPH

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE EVENING...THEN
                    RAIN LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....35-38.
MAX HUMIDITY........74-79 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 18 MPH DECREASING
                    TO 8 TO 13 MPH AFTER 0300.
 UPR SLP/RIDGETOP...SOUTHWEST WINDS 11 TO 20 MPH DECREASING TO 9 TO
                    15 MPH AFTER 0300.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 30 TO 37 MPH DECREASING TO 20 TO
                    30 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT..

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE AFTERNOON.
                    SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS LIKELY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....45-48.
MIN HUMIDITY........58-62 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 12 MPH.
 UPR SLP/RIDGETOP...SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 14 MPH BECOMING WEST IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...GEORGE PERRY
REQUESTED BY...KEVIN CARLSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100426.SUNFO.01/PDT