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SPOT FORECAST FOR BULL OF THE WOODS...USFS MH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
1119 AM PDT TUE AUG 24 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1053 PDT ON AUGUST 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FIRE AREA. THE
PRIMARY CONCERN THROUGH THIS EVENING WILL BE LOW HUMIDITY AND EAST WIND.
THE WIND WILL EASE THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...MID-LEVEL HAINES OF 5-6 WILL
PREVAIL THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE OFFSHORE COMPONENT WILL END
LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...FOLLOWED BY A GRADUAL INCREASE IN ONSHORE
FLOW. EXPECT A STRONG MARINE SURGE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS A FRONTAL SYSTEM
APPROACHES THE COAST. IT WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY COOLER THURSDAY WITH
MUCH HIGHER DAYTIME HUMIDITY. AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL REMAIN OVER
THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST FRIDAY THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.


CHANCE OF WETTING RAIN (CWR) 0.25 INCHES OR GREATER.
FORECAST WINDS ARE 10 MINUTE AVERAGES 20 FT ABOVE VEGETATION.
THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS.


.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR (%).............0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....NEAR 90.
MIN HUMIDITY........12 TO 15 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 18 MPH.
MID-LEVEL HAINES....6 (HIGH)

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
CWR (%).............0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....IN THE MID 50S.
MAX HUMIDITY........40 TO 50 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST 5 TO 8 MPH THROUGH 1900 WITH GUSTS UP TO 15 MPH.
                    WIND EASING AFTER 1900 AND BECOMING DOWN-SLOPE 5 MPH
                    OR LESS BY MIDNIGHT.
MID-LEVEL HAINES....6 (HIGH)

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR (%).............0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 90.
MIN HUMIDITY........14 TO 18 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST OR UP-SLOPE 3 TO 8 MPH THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON THEN
                    2 TO 6 MPH. THE ONSHORE FLOW WILL LIKELY NOT BE STRONG
                    OR DEEP ENOUGH IN THE AFTERNOON TO REACH THE FIRE. THE
                    HIGHER TERRAIN TO THE WEST WILL LIKELY BLOCK IT.

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FORECASTER...WEISHAAR
REQUESTED BY...DENNIS WINKLER  FBAN
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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