FNUS76 KPDT 281129
FWSPDT

SPOT FORECAST FOR BUCKHORN INC 385...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
430 AM PDT WED JUL 28 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0355 PDT ON JULY 28.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM PDT
THIS EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...A WEATHER DISTURBANCE EMBEDDED IN AN UNSTABLE SOUTH TO
SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE FIRE AREA TODAY CAUSING
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. THE BEST CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL
BE FROM 8 AM UNTIL 11 AM AND THEN AGAIN FROM 3 PM TO 7 PM. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTAIN LITTLE RAINFALL INITIALLY UNTIL THE DRY
LAYER AT THE SURFACE GRADUALLY MOISTENS DUE TO EVAPORATING FALLING
RAIN. NUMEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE LIKELY WITH THUNDERSTORMS AS
WELL AS GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS.

***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. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE MORNING...THEN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....83-85.
MIN HUMIDITY........23-25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........N-NE 2-6 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING W-NW 6-12 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
 UPR SLP/RIDGETOP...E-SE 3-8 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING S-SW 8-16 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
LAL.................4.
HAINES INDEX........3 (VERY LOW).

$$

FORECASTER...ROGER CLOUTIER
REQUESTED BY...BRAD GOFF
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100728.BUCKH.01/PDT