FNUS76 KPDT 181749 FWSPDT SPOT FORECAST FOR SPION 3B...USFS MAF NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 1048 AM PDT FRI JUN 18 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 PDT ON JUNE 18. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE WILL BRING INCREASING CLOUDS TO THE BURN AREA THIS AFTERNOON WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND PERHAPS A THUNDERSTORM OR TWO WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. SATURDAY WILL BRING AN INCREASED CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AND THEY WILL CONTINUE INTO THE NIGHT. SHOWERY BUT MORE STABLE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY BEFORE A DRIER PERIOD IS EXPECTED INTO EARLY NEXT 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.........MOSTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................10. MAX TEMPERATURE.....69-71. MIN HUMIDITY........19-24 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 12 MPH. UPR SLP/RIDGETOP...SOUTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH INCREASING TO 8 TO 14 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 9000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. CWR.................10. MIN TEMPERATURE.....38-42. MAX HUMIDITY........88-92 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH BECOMING TERRAIN DRIVEN LESS THAN 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. UPR SLP/RIDGETOP...SOUTHEAST TO EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH BECOMING NORTH AFTER 0200. MIXING HEIGHT.......9000 FT AGL DECREASING TO NEAR SURFACE AFTER MIDNIGHT. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 11 MPH BECOMING EAST 2 TO 6 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................20. MAX TEMPERATURE.....64-68. MIN HUMIDITY........39-44 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........TERRAIN DRIVEN LESS THAN 5 MPH BECOMING WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 11 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. UPR SLP/RIDGETOP...NORTH TO NORTHWEST 4 TO 9 MPH INCREASING TO 6 TO 12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE INCREASING TO 5500 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...GEORGE PERRY REQUESTED BY...JODY SMITH TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100618.SPION.01/PDT