FNUS76 KPDT 171558
FWSPDT

SPOT FORECAST FOR 721  BIG SPRINGS...COIDC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
857 AM PDT FRI SEP 17 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0832 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...ANOTHER WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BRING AN INCREASING CHANCE
OF SHOWERS TO THE BURN AREA BY THIS EVENING. WETTING RAINS WILL THEN
REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS THE SYSTEM SLOWLY MOVES
ACROSS THE REGION. IN ADDITION EXPECT COOLER TEMPERATURES AND HIGHER
HUMIDITIES EACH DAY.

***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.........PARTLY CLOUDY BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    ISOLATED SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON .
CWR.................10.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78.
MIN HUMIDITY........29 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS LESS THAN 5 MPH BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH AFTER 1300.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTH WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST
                    7 TO 12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
LAL.................2.
HAINES INDEX........3 (VERY LOW).

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT
                    CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN
                    RAIN LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................60.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....49.
MAX HUMIDITY........95-100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH BECOMING DRAINAGE
                    LESS THAN 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH AFTER 0300.
LAL.................2.
HAINES INDEX........3 (VERY LOW).

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SHOWERS LIKELY.
CWR.................60.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....67.
MIN HUMIDITY........59 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 3 TO 7 MPH.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 9 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........2 (VERY LOW).

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FORECASTER...DIANN COONFIELD
REQUESTED BY...MAUREEN DURRANT
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100917.721BI.01/PDT