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SPOT FORECAST FOR MIDDLE FORK ABC MISC 2...USFS WNF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
1100 AM PDT FRI AUG 20 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1020 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.....MID TO UPPER 70S.
MIN HUMIDITY........18 TO 23 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....NORTHEAST TO EAST 1 TO 3 MPH...BECOMING NORTH TO
                    NORTHEAST 2 TO 5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS UP TO
                    9 MPH. BE AWARE OF ERRATIC WIND SHIFTS ON THE
                    RIDGE-TOP DUE TO CONVERGING SLOPE WINDS AND
                    NORTHWEST FREE AIR WIND.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WIND TO 5 MPH UNTIL NOON THEN NORTHWEST
                    5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 15 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....50 TO 55.
MAX HUMIDITY........40 TO 50 PERCENT. MAXIMUM RH MAY OCCUR BEFORE
                    MIDNIGHT...AND THEN DECREASE OVERNIGHT SHOULD
                    THE SUBSIDENCE INVERSION SINK OVER THE RIDGE-TOP.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....NORTH TO NORTHEAST 2 TO 5 MPH THROUGH ABOUT 1900
                    THEN SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH LESS THAN 3 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH UNTIL
                    1900 THEN WEST 4 TO 8 MPH.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING THEN MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....NEAR 70.
MIN HUMIDITY........28 TO 34 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....NORTHEAST TO EAST TO 3 MPH EARLY THEN SOUTHWEST
                    TO WEST 2 TO 5 MPH. WIND INCREASING TO 4 TO 8 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS UP TO 14 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST 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.02/PQR