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SPOT FORECAST FOR SAWTELL...ODF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
1056 PM PDT TUE AUG 24 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2219 PDT ON AUGUST 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR
DRY AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS...GUSTY WINDS...COMBINING WITH
CRITICALLY DRY FUELS...

.DISCUSSION...A RED FLAG WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR ALL
CASCADE AND CASCADE FOOTHILL ZONES THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.
HUMIDITY RECOVERY WILL BE POOR TONIGHT IN THE FIRE AREA...AS IT
STANDS ON A SMALL RIDGETOP AND WILL BE WELL ABOVE ANY SHALLOW
INVERSIONS THAT DEVELOP OVERNIGHT. EAST WINDS WILL RESUME
OVERNIGHT AS THE THERMAL TROUGH MIGRATES WESTWARD TOWARD THE COAST
RANGE. THIS THERMAL TROUGH WILL LINGER NEAR THE FIRE AREA THROUGH
MUCH OF THE DAY WEDNESDAY BEFORE FINALLY MOVING ACROSS THE
CASCADES LATER IN THE AFTERNOON. THE PROXIMITY OF THE THERMAL
TROUGH WILL CAUSE CONTINUED VERY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING WITH HAINES 6 CONDITIONS LIKELY.

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST LATE WEDNESDAY
NIGHT AND THURSDAY...BRINGING A SIGNIFICANT COOLDOWN THURSDAY
WHICH WILL LINGER INTO THE WEEKEND. THE FRONT MAY ALSO BRING SOME
VERY LIGHT PRECIPITATION TO THE FIRE AREA.

NOTE...ONLY 20 FT WINDS ARE GIVEN AS FUEL TYPE AND SHELTERING WERE
NOT PROVIDED IN THE SPOT REQUEST. PLEASE REFER TO THE APPROPRIATE
CONVERSION FACTORS TO DETERMINE EYE LEVEL WINDS. THANK YOU.

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

.REST OF TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR. POOR HUMIDITY RECOVERY.
CWR (%).............0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 65.
MAX HUMIDITY........30-35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST 4-8 MPH. OCCASIONAL GUSTS 15-20 MPH.
VISIBILITY..........UNRESTRICTED.

TIME (PDT)      MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM   6 AM
TEMP............71     69     68     66
RH..............28     28     29     31
20 FT WIND......E 6    E 6    E 5    E 5
   MAX GUST.....15-20  15-20  15     15

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. HOT...DRY...AND UNSTABLE.
CWR (%).............0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....93-96.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-20 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST 4-8 MPH WITH MORNING GUSTS TO 15 MPH.
                    BECOMING UPSLOPE 2-6 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 10 MPH
                    BY MIDDAY...THEN INCREASING WEST 4-8 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS TO 15 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
VISIBILITY..........UNRESTRICTED.

TIME (PDT)      8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
TEMP............72     79     86     90     93
RH..............28     25     20     18     17
20 FT WIND......E 5    E 4    E 4    VRB 3  W 5
   MAX GUST.....15     10     10     6      10-15

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FORECASTER...WEAGLE
REQUESTED BY...ASHLEY GREGG
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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