FNUS76 KPDT 161156
FWSPDT

SPOT FORECAST FOR MALLORY  3...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
455 AM PDT WED SEP 15 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 16.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...THE WARM FRONT THAT BROUGHT SPOTTY RAIN OVERNIGHT WILL
MOVE NORTH OF THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN
BUILD INTO THE REGION LATER TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY WITH GENERALLY
DRIER CONDITIONS AND NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES EXPECTED.
HOWEVER...INCREASED INSTABILITY BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON MAY RESULT IN AN
ISOLATED SHOWER NEAR THE FIRE. ANOTHER DISTURBANCE WILL APPROACH THE
REGION SATURDAY WITH WITH A BETTER CHANCE OF WETTING RAINS DURING
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***

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-75.
MIN HUMIDITY........31-33 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 2-5 MPH BECOMING
                    SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 4-9 MPH AROUND NOON...THEN
                    SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 5-10 MPH BY 1700.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 3-8 MPH BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST TO WEST 6-12 MPH BY LATE MORNING.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....48-50.
MAX HUMIDITY........81-86 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 3-8 MPH BECOMING NORTHEAST
                    4-9 MPH BY 2000...THEN DECREASING TO
                    NORTHEAST TO EAST 1-5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
RIDGETOP WIND.......NORTHEAST WINDS 4-9 MPH DECREASING TO 2-7 MPH
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. A
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....74-76.
MIN HUMIDITY........28-30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 2-6 MPH BECOMING
                    NORTH TO NORTHEAST 5-10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGETOP WIND.......EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 2-6 MPH BECOMING
                    NORTH TO NORTHEAST 7-14 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...GKH/RSC
REQUESTED BY...BILL SCHLAICH
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100916.MALLO.01/PDT