FNUS76 KPDT 081148
FWSPDT

SPOT FORECAST FOR PICKLE...USFS DEF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
450 AM PDT SAT MAY 8 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 PDT ON MAY 08.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL REMAIN UNDER A WEAK UPPER
LOW PRESSURE TROUGH THIS WEEKEND. A SERIES OF EMBEDDED WAVES WILL
BRING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THE SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON/EVENING
THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE BURN SITE TODAY AND SUNDAY.  A GOOD CHANCE OF
WETTING RAIN IS EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY.

***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.
                    SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....56.
MIN HUMIDITY........27 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........DRAINAGE 0-2 MPH...BECOMING UPSLOPE (MAINLY
                    SOUTH) 0-2 MPH AFTER 10 AM...THEN BECOMING
                    NORTHWEST 3-7 MPH AFTER 2 PM.
 UPR SLP/RIDGETOP...NORTH 0-3 MPH...INCREASING TO 4-9 MPH AFTER
                    12 PM.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 7500 FT AGL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS.


                            TEMPERATURE     HUMIDITY     20-FT WIND (MPH)
                    0600        30             75           NW 2 MPH
                    0800        36             63           CALM
                    1000        43             48           CALM
                    1200        54             32           S 2 MPH
                    1400        56             27           S 2 MPH
                    1600        54             37           NW 3 MPH
                    1800        49             41           NW 5 MPH
                    2000        41             59           NW 3 MPH

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE EVENING. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS THROUGH
                    THE NIGHT. RAIN POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SNOW AFTER
                     MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................10.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....33.
MAX HUMIDITY........80 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 3-8 MPH...BECOMING LIGHT AND
                    VARIABLE AFTER 10 PM.
 UPR SLP/RIDGETOP...NORTH 4-9 MPH...DECREASING TO 2-5 MPH AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 1000 FT AGL AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 7 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    LIGHT.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS THROUGH THE
                    DAY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................20.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....54.
MIN HUMIDITY........33 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........TERRAIN DRIVEN 0-2 MPH...BECOMING NORTHWEST
                    2-6 MPH IN THE LATE AFTERNOON.
 UPR SLP/RIDGETOP...SOUTHEAST-SOUTH 0-2 MPH...BECOMING WEST 2-5
                    MPH IN THE LATE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 7500 FT AGL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS.

$$

FORECASTER...MARY JOHNSON
REQUESTED BY...PHIL HENDERSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100508.PICKL.01/PDT