FNUS76 KPQR 130125
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SPOT FORECAST FOR 10-0057 SVF...SILVERTON FIRE DISTRICT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
625 PM PDT THU AUG 12 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1700 PDT ON AUGUST 12.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...OFFSHORE FLOW DEVELOPING LATE TONIGHT...

...HOT AND DRY FRIDAY WITH OFFSHORE FLOW...

.DISCUSSION...SUMMER RETURNS WITH A VENGEANCE STARTING FRIDAY AND
CONTINUING THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. STRONG HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT
WILL DOMINATE THE DISTRICT FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. A SURFACE
THERMAL TROUGH WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE SOUTH OREGON COAST FRIDAY
MORNING AND THEN EXPAND NORTH OVER THE FIRE AREA IN THE
AFTERNOON...WHICH WILL INDUCE LOW-LEVEL OFFSHORE FLOW FOR THE
FIRST TIME IN MANY WEEKS. THE OFFSHORE PATTERN SHOULD LAST
THROUGH AT LEAST SUNDAY. EXPECT MID-LEVEL HAINES 5 TO 6
CONDITIONS STARTING AS EARLY AS FRIDAY NIGHT OVER THE FIRE AREA.


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.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....53-56.
MAX HUMIDITY........80-86 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....NORTH 1-4 MPH BECOMING NORTHEAST AFTER 0300.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 92-94.
MIN HUMIDITY........21-26 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....NORTHEAST 1-3 MPH BECOMING NORTH TO NORTHEAST
                    3-6 MPH BY 1200.

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FORECASTER...COLLINS
REQUESTED BY...LT  DAHLBERG
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100812.10005.01/PQR