FNUS76 KPQR 201745
FWSPQR

SPOT FORECAST FOR MIDDLE FORK ABC MISC...USFS WNF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
1045 AM PDT FRI AUG 20 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1016 PDT ON AUGUST 20.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...INCREASING WIND SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

.DISCUSSION...SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL BE OVER THE MIDDLE FORK
DISTRICT TODAY. THE FIRE WAS IN THE SUBSIDENCE INVERSION OVERNIGHT
RESULTING IN VERY POOR HUMIDITY RECOVERY. DAYTIME CONDITIONS TODAY
WILL BE SIMILAR TO THURSDAY...EXCEPT TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE JUST A
LITTLE WARMER. SUBSIDENCE INVERSIONS TONIGHT ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE
QUITE AS DRAMATIC...THUS HUMIDITY RECOVERY WILL BE BETTER. AN UPPER
TROUGH APPROACHES THE COAST SATURDAY. INCREASED ONSHORE LOW-LEVEL
FLOW AND STRONGER WIND ALOFT WILL PRODUCE INCREASING RIDGE-TOP WIND
SATURDAY AFTERNOON.


CHANCE OF WETTING RAIN (CWR) 0.25 INCHES OR GREATER.
THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS.


.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....IN THE MID 70S.
MIN HUMIDITY........22 TO 27 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....NORTHEAST TO 3 MPH THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON THEN
                    NORTHWEST TO NORTH 3 TO 6 MPH. AFTERNOON GUSTS UP
                    TO 10 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....50 TO 55.
MAX HUMIDITY........40 TO 50 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....NORTHWEST TO NORTH 3 TO 6 MPH THROUGH EARLY EVENING
                    WITH GUSTS TO 10 MPH. WIND BECOMING SOUTHWEST TO WEST
                    1 TO 4 MPH BY 2200.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING THEN PARTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 70.
MIN HUMIDITY........30 TO 35 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....SOUTHWEST TO WEST 1 TO 4 MPH IN THE MORNING THEN
                    5 TO 10 MPH. AFTERNOON GUSTS UP TO 15 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WIND 4 TO 8 MPH IN THE MORNING THEN
                    8 TO 15 MPH. AFTERNOON GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.

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FORECASTER...WEISHAAR
REQUESTED BY...SUSIE FREEMAN
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100820.MIDDL.01/PQR