FNUS76 KPQR 141501 FWSPQR SPOT FORECAST FOR PHILOMATH PRAIRIE...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 801 AM PDT TUE SEP 14 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 14. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...WEAK RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL LINGER OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST TODAY. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WELL OFF THE WASHINGTON COAST WILL MOVE CLOSER WEDNESDAY...PUSHING AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE INLAND AND TURNING THE LOW LEVEL FLOW TO A MOIST SOUTHERLY ONSHORE FLOW. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MORNING CLOUDS AND PATCHY FOG...BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY BY EARLY AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 80. MIN HUMIDITY........35 TO 40 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE WINDS 2 TO 4 MPH BECOMING NORTH 4 TO 7 MPH. TIME (PDT) 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%).........35 10 10 TEMP............71 75 80 RH..............50 45 38 20 FT WIND......E 2 NE 4 N 5 MAX GUST..... 5 8 9 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR IN THE EVENING...BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY LATE. PATCHY FOG LATE. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 50. MAX HUMIDITY........90 TO 100 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WIND 4 TO 7 MPH BECOMING LIGHT WIND LATE. .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. PATCHY MORNING FOG...THEN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 73. MIN HUMIDITY........45 TO 50 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WIND BECOMING SOUTH 4 TO 7 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...DELSON REQUESTED BY...GREG HAGEDORN REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100914.PHILO.01/PQR