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SPOT FORECAST FOR STRAIGHT CREEK...WA DNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
648 AM PDT WED AUG 18 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0021 PDT ON AUGUST 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...MUCH COOLER TODAY...

.DISCUSSION...STRONG ONSHORE FLOW BEHIND A DEPARTING UPPER LEVEL LOW
WILL RESULT IN MUCH COOLER AND STABLE CONDITIONS TODAY. DAYTIME
TEMPERATURES TODAY ARE LIKELY TO BE 15 TO 20 DEGREES COOLER. THE
STRONGER ONSHORE FLOW SHOULD RESULT IN ENHANCED AFTERNOON WIND
UP THE QUARTZ CREEK DRAINAGE JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THE FIRE. EXPECT
SIMILAR CONDITIONS THURSDAY.

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.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING THEN MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75 TO 80.
MIN HUMIDITY........36 TO 42 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST TO 5 MPH THROUGH 1000 THEN WEST TO NORTHWEST
                    5 TO 10 MPH. AFTERNOON GUSTS UP TO 18 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 (LOW).


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....NEAR 50.
MAX HUMIDITY........80 TO 90 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST TO NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH THROUGH ABOUT 1900
                    WITH GUSTS UP TO 18 MPH. WIND BECOMING 5 MPH OR
                    LESS SHORTLY AFTER DARK.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 75.
MIN HUMIDITY........38 TO 45 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST TO NORTHWEST TO 5 MPH THROUGH 1000 THEN 6 TO 10
                    MPH. AFTERNOON GUSTS TO 18 MPH.

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FORECASTER...WEISHAAR
REQUESTED BY...INCIDENT COMMANDER
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100818.STRAI.01/PQR