FNUS76 KPDT 030235
FWSPDT

SPOT FORECAST FOR ROOSTER ROCK FIRE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
732 PM PDT MON AUG 2 2010

RETRANSMISSION

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1926 PDT ON AUGUST 02.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A DRY WEST TO NORTHWEST FLOW WILL BE OVER THE REGION
OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY. THIS WILL PROVIDE CLEAR SKIES ALONG WITH
DECREASING WINDS THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...WINDS WILL RETURN TUESDAY
AFTERNOON AND BE ABOUT THE SAME AS TODAYS AFTERNOON 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***

.THIS EVENING 7PM TO 10PM...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY/CLEAR.
CWR.................0.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....80 DECREASING TO 65.
MIN HUMIDITY........25 PERCENT INCREASING TO 50 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 5 MPH GUSTING TO 15 MPH
                    BEGINNING TO DECREASE AROUND 2000.
 UPR SLP/RIDGETOP...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH DECREASING
                    AFTER 2000.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 5 TO 10 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........4 (LOW).

        TEMPERATURE     HUMIDITY     20-FT WIND (MPH)
2000        73             40            NW-4
0000        54             67             W-2
0400        44             77             W-1
0600        42             80             W-1
0800        58             66             W-1
1000        79             35           VAR-1
1200        87             26             W-2
1400        90             21            NW-4
1600        91             20            NW-5
1800        83             24            NW-4
2000        74             38            NW-3


.TONIGHT AFTER 2200...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
CWR.................0.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....40-45.
MAX HUMIDITY........70-80 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 2 TO 3 BECOMING DRAINAGE LESS
                    THAN 3 MPH BY MIDNIGHT.
 UPR SLP/RIDGETOP...WEST WINDS 2 TO 4 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7500 FT AGL DECREASING TO NEAR SURFACE AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 4 TO 6 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........3 (VERY LOW).

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....91.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-22 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE LESS THAN 3 MPH BECOMING WEST 2 TO
                    4 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN SHIFTING TO
                    THE NORTHWEST 3 TO 5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON WITH
                    GUSTS TO 15 MPH.
 UPR SLP/RIDGETOP...WEST 2 TO 3 MPH THROUGH THE MORNING THEN
                    INCREASING TO 4 TO 8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE INCREASING TO 6500 FT AGL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 3 TO 6 MPH INCREASING TO 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........3 (VERY LOW).


$$
FORECASTER...JOE SOLOMON
REQUESTED BY...DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100802.ROOST.01/PDT