FNUS76 KPDT 261400 FWSPDT SPOT FORECAST FOR TOPPENISH BROADCAST...FWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 700 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...LOWER RH AND INCREASED CLOUD COVER TODAY. TONIGHT A FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH WITH UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF RAIN THROUGH TOMORROW AFTERNOON. TUESDAY WILL SEE MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES AND CONTINUED RAIN 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. CWR.................0. MAX TEMPERATURE.....69-71. MIN HUMIDITY........19-23 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS LESS THAN 5 MPH BECOMING EAST TO NORTHEAST 3 TO 8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE INCREASING TO 4000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST WINDS 3 TO 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST 5 TO 9 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE EVENING...THEN RAIN LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT. CWR.................20. MIN TEMPERATURE.....49-52. MAX HUMIDITY........72-77 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 3 TO 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST LESS THAN 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIXING HEIGHT.......2500 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH BECOMING SOUTH 8 TO 13 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. RAIN LIKELY IN THE MORNING...THEN SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................30. MAX TEMPERATURE.....60-63. MIN HUMIDITY........28-33 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 3 TO 8 MPH INCREASING TO 7 TO 12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......2500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5500 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH BECOMING SOUTH 8 TO 12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. $$ FORECASTER...GEORGE PERRY REQUESTED BY...JACOB GEAR TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100426.TOPPE.01/PDT