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

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1816 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.


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 17 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 26 MPH.
                    WIND DECREASING TO 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    20 MPH BY 2200...AND THEN TO 4 TO 8 MPH
                    OVERNIGHT.

TIME (PDT)      8 PM     10 PM    MIDNGT   2 AM     4 AM
SKY (%).........0        0        0        0        0
TEMP............81       70       68       67       64
RH..............31       47       49       50       56
20 FT WIND......E 7-11   E 6-10   E 5-9    E 4-9    E 4-8
   MAX GUST.....22       19       17       14       10
CWR.............0        0        0        0        0

.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.

TIME (PDT)      6 AM     8 AM     10 AM    NOON     2 PM     4 PM
SKY (%).........0        0        0        0        0        0
TEMP............62       67       81       89       94       95
RH..............60       54       38       29       24       23
20 FT WIND......E 4-8    E 4-8    E 5-10   E 6-10   E 6-12   E 6-12
   MAX GUST.....10       12       16       17       20       20
CWR.............0        0        0        0        0        0

$$
FORECASTER...COLLINS
REQUESTED BY...BECCA SUTTON
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100814.HILLT.01/PQR