FNUS76 KPDT 202243
FWSPDT

SPOT FORECAST FOR VIEW LAKE...OR-MHF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
321 PM PDT FRI AUG 20 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1514 PDT ON AUGUST 20.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH
TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY. AN APPROACHING WEATHER SYSTEM ON SATURDAY
WILL INCREASE WINDS THROUGH THE DAY AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY. THERE
WILL BE A CHANCE OF RAIN SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY WHEN THE WEATHER
SYSTEM PASSES OVER THE FIRE.


***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***

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 2 TO 3 MPH.
RIDGETOP WIND.......WEST 4 TO 6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 5 TO 10 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........4 (LOW).

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
CWR.................0.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....40.
MAX HUMIDITY........50-60 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 0 TO 2 MPH.
RIDGETOP WIND.......WEST WINDS 3 TO 5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5500 FT AGL DECREASING TO NEAR SURFACE BY
                    MIDNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 4 TO 8 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........4 (LOW).

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....65.
MIN HUMIDITY........35-40 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 1 TO 3 MPH INCREASING TO 5 TO 10
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGETOP WIND.......WEST WINDS 3 TO 6 MPH INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE INCREASING TO 6000 FT AGL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 10 TO 20 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........4 (LOW).

$$
FORECASTER...JOE SOLOMON
REQUESTED BY...WA-CCC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100820.VIEWL.01/PDT