FNUS76 KPDT 170238
FWSPDT

SPOT FORECAST FOR COUGAR MT FIRE  746...COIDC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
740 PM PDT THU SEP 16 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1900 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 16.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL BRING A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS
TO THE BURN AREA THROUGH THE NIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY. THIS DISTURBANCE
WILL THEN MOVE INLAND AND BRING A BETTER CHANCE OF WETTING RAINS
FRIDAY NIGHT AND INTO THE WEEKEND.

***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. ISOLATED SHOWERS THROUGH THE
                    NIGHT.
CWR.................LESS THAN 10.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....44.
MAX HUMIDITY........75 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 2 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING TERRAIN DRIVEN WINDS LESS THAN 5 MPH
                    AFTER 2000.
RIDGETOP WIND.......NORTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH TURNING TO THE
                    NORTHEAST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6500 FT AGL DECREASING TO NEAR SURFACE AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 8 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    LIGHT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........2 (VERY LOW).

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
CWR.................LESS THAN 10.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....82-84.
MIN HUMIDITY........21-24 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........TERRAIN DRIVEN WINDS LESS THAN 5 MPH BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH AFTER 1000.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE INCREASING TO 10000 FT AGL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST AROUND 13 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........3 (VERY LOW).

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY BECOMING CLOUDY OVERNIGHT. A
                    CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
CWR.................20.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....44-46.
MAX HUMIDITY........80-86 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH BECOMING
                    TERRAIN DRIVEN WINDS LESS THAN 5 MPH AFTER 1000.
RIDGETOP WIND.......WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH BECOMING
                    SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH 2 TO 6 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......10000 FT AGL DECREASING TO NEAR SURFACE AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST TO NORTHWEST 13 TO 15 MPH BECOMING LIGHT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........3 (VERY LOW).

$$
FORECASTER...DMH
REQUESTED BY...MAUREEN DURRANT
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100916.COUGA.02/PDT