FNUS76 KPDT 171744 FWSPDT SPOT FORECAST FOR BALD ANGEL...BMIDC NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 1045 AM PDT FRI SEP 17 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1045 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 17. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A LARGE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THIS WEEKEND WITH PERIODS OF RAIN. FOR TODAY...OUT AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM THERE WILL BE PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH SOME INSTABILITY FOR ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS. ***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. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF A SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM LATE AFTERNOON. CWR.................0. MAX TEMPERATURE.....80-85. MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 2 TO 5 MPH. RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH 4 TO 7 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......7000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH AROUND 10 MPH. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND A POSSIBLE EVENING THUNDERSTORM. CWR.................0. MIN TEMPERATURE.....50-55. MAX HUMIDITY........75-85 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 2 TO 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTH WINDS 4 TO 7 MPH SHIFTING TO NORTHWEST IN THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. MIXING HEIGHT.......7000 FT AGL DECREASING TO NEAR SURFACE AFTER MIDNIGHT. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH AROUND 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST. .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. CWR.................0. MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-80. MIN HUMIDITY........30-35 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 2 TO 5 MPH. RIDGETOP WIND.......WEST TO NORTHWEST 3 TO 6 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE INCREASING TO 6500 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 5 TO 10 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...JOE SOLOMON REQUESTED BY...WOODY WRIGHT TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100917.BALDA.01/PDT