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SPOT FORECAST FOR CUP 21...USFS WNF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
538 PM PDT MON JUN 14 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 PDT ON JUNE 15.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...THUNDERSTORM THREAT LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL MOVE TOWARD THE FIRE AREA
TODAY AND STALL OVERHEAD TONIGHT BEFORE SLIDING SOUTH AND EAST ON
WEDNESDAY. COLD AIR ALOFT ACCOMPANYING THIS TROUGH WILL CREATE
LARGE MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING
FOR A THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS. HOWEVER...THE GREATEST THREAT OF
THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN NORTH OF THE FIRE AREA. DAYTIME
TEMPERATURES TODAY AND WEDNESDAY WILL BE SEVERAL DEGREES BELOW
NORMAL.


CHANCE OF WETTING RAIN (CWR) 0.25 INCHES OR GREATER.
FORECAST WINDS ARE 10 MINUTE AVERAGES 20 FT ABOVE VEGETATION.
THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY IN IN THE MORNING...BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE AFTERNOON WITH A CHANCE
                    OF SHOWERS. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
                    LATE.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....55-58.
MIN HUMIDITY........45-51 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE LESS THAN 3 MPH BECOMING WEST 3 TO 6
                    MPH BY 1300.

TIME (PDT)      10 AM     12 PM      2 PM       4 PM
SKY (%).........35        45         60         70
WEATHER COV.....SLGT CHNC SLGT CHNC  CHANCE     CHANCE
WEATHER TYPE....SHWR      SHWR       SHWR       SHWR
TEMP............51        53         55         55
RH..............77        60         54         50
20 FT WIND......UP 0-2    UP 1-3     W 2-4      W 3-5

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. A SLIGHT
                    CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....39-43.
MAX HUMIDITY........90-97 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WIND 3 TO 6 MPH...EASING TO 1 TO 3 MPH
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....50-53.
MIN HUMIDITY........64-68 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WIND 1 TO 2 MPH...RISING TO 3 TO 5 MPH
                    BY 1300.

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FORECASTER...COLLINS
REQUESTED BY...HEIDI GILLESPIE
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100615.CUP21.01/PQR