FNUS76 KPDT 152328
FWSPDT

SPOT FORECAST FOR COUGAR MT FIRE  746...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
428 PM PDT WED SEP 15 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1554 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 15.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A WEAK DISTURBANCE IS CROSSING THE INCIDENT WITH A
WIND SHIFT EXPECTED SHORTLY. WINDS WILL DECREASE THIS EVENING
BECOMING LIGHT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE
AROUND MID-MORNING TOMORROW. SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED JUST TO THE NORTH
THIS EVENING WITH VERY LIGHT RAIN AMOUNTS.

***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***

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
CWR.................0.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....47.
MAX HUMIDITY........79 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 12 TO 16 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 22
                    MPH DECREASING TO 7 TO 10 MPH AROUND 2100 THEN
                    BECOMING DRAINAGE WINDS LESS THAN 5 MPH AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
RIDGETOP WIND.......NORTHWEST 14 TO 18 MPH BECOMING NORTH 9 TO 12
                    MPH AROUND 2100 THEN BECOMING LIGHT AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FT AGL DECREASING TO NEAR SURFACE AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 14 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    LIGHT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........3 (VERY LOW).

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78.
MIN HUMIDITY........26 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 6 TO 10 MPH
                    AROUND 1000. GUSTS TO 20 MPH MAINLY IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTHWEST 7 TO 12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE INCREASING TO 4000 FT AGL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST AROUND 12 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........2 (VERY LOW).

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FORECASTER...JON BONK
REQUESTED BY...DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100915.COUGA.01/PDT