FNUS76 KPDT 151945 FWSPDT SPOT FORECAST FOR JACK RX...USFS WWF NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 1244 PM PDT SAT MAY 15 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1230 PDT ON MAY 15. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...THE FLOW ALOFT WILL BECOME MORE SOUTHWEST TODAY WHICH WILL BRING MORE INSTABILITY AND MID LEVEL MOISTURE TO THE AREA BY THIS AFTERNOON. AS A RESULT THERE MAY BE AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE FIRE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ON SUNDAY CONDITIONS WILL BECOME EVEN MORE UNSTABLE WITH A GREATER THREAT OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. ***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 BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM LATE THIS AFTERNOON. CWR.................LESS THAN 10. MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-75. MIN HUMIDITY........17-22 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE LESS THAN 5 MPH BECOMING SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST 3 TO 8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. UPR SLP/RIDGETOP...SOUTH WINDS 4 TO 9 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......6000 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS...MAINLY IN THE EVENING. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AN EVENING THUNDERSTORM. CWR.................LESS THAN 10. MIN TEMPERATURE.....43-46. MAX HUMIDITY........72-77 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 2 TO 6 MPH UNTIL EARLY MORNING BECOMING DRAINAGE WINDS LESS THAN 5 MPH. UPR SLP/RIDGETOP...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 3 TO 8 MPH BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 1500 FT AGL OVERNIGHT. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 14 MPH DECREASING TO 7 TO 12 MPH OVERNIGHT. .SUNDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................10. MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-76. MIN HUMIDITY........19-24 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE WINDS LESS THAN 5 MPH BECOMING SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. UPR SLP/RIDGETOP...SOUTHEAST WINDS 3 TO 7 MPH BECOMING SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST 7 TO 12 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 9500 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WIND 7 TO 12 MPH BECOMING SOUTH 13 TO 19 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. $$ FORECASTER...GEORGE PERRY REQUESTED BY...STEVE HAWKINS TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100515.JACKR.02/PDT