FNUS76 KPDT 221941
FWSPDT

SPOT FORECAST FOR VIEW LAKE...OR-MHF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
1240 PM PDT SUN AUG 22 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1213 PDT ON AUGUST 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...MARINE LAYER BANKED UP ALONG THE CASCADE WEST SLOPES
WILL BRING CONTINUED HIGHER HUMIDITY AND OCCASIONAL LIGHT SHOWERS
TO THE BURN AREA THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. BEST CHANCE FOR GUSTY
WINDS WILL BE DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT
BUILDS FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH SURFACE WINDS SHIFTING NORTH THEN
EASTERLY BY MONDAY AFTERNOON.

***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***

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS.
CWR.................10.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....55.
MIN HUMIDITY........53 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 12 TO 16 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25
                    MPH.
RIDGETOP WIND.......WEST 18 TO 22 MPH AND GUSTY.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 17 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........2 (VERY LOW).

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................10.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....37.
MAX HUMIDITY........87 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 14 TO 18 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH
                    BECOMING DRAINAGE WINDS 2 TO 6 MPH AFTER 0100.
RIDGETOP WIND.......NORTHWEST 18 TO 22 MPH AND GUSTY DECREASING TO 7
                    TO 12 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2500 FT AGL DECREASING TO NEAR SURFACE AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 17 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 7 MPH
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........4 (LOW).

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY WITH SOME FAIR WEATHER CUMULUS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....60.
MIN HUMIDITY........33 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE LESS THAN 5 MPH BECOMING EAST 4 TO 9 MPH
                    IN THE LATE MORNING.
RIDGETOP WIND.......NORTH 7 TO 11 MPH SHIFTING EAST IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE INCREASING TO 3000 FT AGL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING EAST AROUND 5 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........4 (LOW).

$$
FORECASTER...JON BONK
REQUESTED BY...WA-CCC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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