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SPOT FORECAST FOR DNR...WA DNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
317 PM PDT SAT AUG 14 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1515 PDT ON AUGUST 14.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...WEAKENING OFFSHORE FLOW THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT...

.DISCUSSION...OFFSHORE LOW-LEVEL FLOW WILL PERSIST OVER THE FIRE
AREA...BUT IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN TONIGHT. A SURFACE THERMAL TROUGH
WILL RESIDE NEAR THE INTERSTATE-5 CORRIDOR TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...WHICH
WILL YIELD MID-LEVEL HAINES INDICES OF 5 TO 6 OVER THE INCIDENT.
THE THERMAL TROUGH WILL BE BE CLOSE TO THE INCIDENT BY SUNDAY
AFTERNOON. THERE WILL BE MUCH LESS EAST WIND SUNDAY.

NOTE: WITHOUT AN OBSERVATION FROM THE FIRE AND AN APPROXIMATE LAT
AND LON POSITION...THIS WILL BE A MORE GENERALIZED FORECAST. IF
FORECAST CONDITIONS ARE NOT REPRESENTATIVE PLEASE CALL THE FIRE
DESK FOR UPDATED INFORMATION.


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.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....IN THE LOWER TO MID 60S.
MAX HUMIDITY........45 TO 55 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST 10 TO 18 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.
                    WIND DECREASING TO 7 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    22 MPH BY 2100...AND THEN TO 5 TO 10 MPH
                    OVERNIGHT.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN HUMIDITY........20 TO 25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE MORNING THEN 6 TO 12
                    MPH. AFTERNOON GUSTS TO 20 MPH.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....NEAR 90.


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FORECASTER...WEISHAAR
REQUESTED BY...BATTALION CHIEF  31
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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