FNUS76 KPDT 211439
FWSPDT

SPOT FORECAST FOR JUMP OFF JOE...BENTON COUNTY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
739 AM PDT SAT AUG 21 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0654 PDT ON AUGUST 21.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...INCREASING SOUTHWEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING
OVERNIGHT...

.DISCUSSION...MAIN THUNDERSTORM THREAT HAS PASSED FOR THIS MORNING
BUT STILL EXPECT CUMULUS BUILDUPS TO CONTINUE WITH AN OUTSIDE CHANCE
OF ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL INCREASE TODAY,
BECOME PARTICULARLY GUSTY THIS AFTERNOON, THEN CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. A
SECOND THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR MAINLY EAST OF THE
INCIDENT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. GUSTY WINDS AGAIN SUNDAY.

***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.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING. CUMULUS BUILDUPS
                    AGAIN IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....77.
MIN HUMIDITY........19 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 8 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS TO 15 MPH AFTER 1000 THEN INCREASING TO 14
                    TO 18 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH AFTER 1700.
RIDGETOP WIND.......LIGHT BECOMING SOUTHWEST 7 TO 13 MPH AFTER 1000
                    HOURS THEN INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 MPH AFTER 1500
                    HOURS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE INCREASING TO 5500 FT AGL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 7 TO 13 MPH.
LAL.................2.
HAINES INDEX........4 (LOW).

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. CUMULUS BUILDUPS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................0.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....54.
MAX HUMIDITY........67 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 16 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30
                    MPH DECREASING TO 8 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20
                    AFTER 0400 HOURS.
RIDGETOP WIND.......WEST 16 TO 20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4500 FT AGL DECREASING TO NEAR SURFACE AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 16 TO 20 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........3 (VERY LOW).

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY WITH CUMULUS BUILDUPS.
CWR.................0.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73.
MIN HUMIDITY........25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 12 MPH INCREASING TO 15 TO
                    19 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH AFTER 1400 HOURS.
RIDGETOP WIND.......WEST 16 TO 22 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE INCREASING TO 8000 FT AGL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 13 TO 17 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........3 (VERY LOW).

$$
FORECASTER...JON BONK
REQUESTED BY...KATIE FICKLIN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100821.JUMPO.01/PDT