FNUS76 KPDT 171758 FWSPDT SPOT FORECAST FOR CEMETERY RX...COIDC NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 1055 AM PDT FRI SEP 17 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 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. THERE WILL BE A BRIEF BREAK EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...THEN MORE SHOWERS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. WETTING RAINS WILL THEN REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS THE SYSTEM SLOWLY MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOUT 5 DEGREES WARMER TODAY THAN YESTERDAY...THEN EXPECT COOLER TEMPERATURES AND HIGHER HUMIDITIES THROUGH 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.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AND ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................10. MAX TEMPERATURE.....83. MIN HUMIDITY........32 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE LESS THAN 5 MPH BECOMING WEST 3 TO 6 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTH WINDS UP TO 5 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 4 TO 8 MPH AFTER 1400. MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE INCREASING TO 5000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST AROUND 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST AROUND 7 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. RAIN LIKELY IN THE EVENING...THEN RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. CWR.................80. MIN TEMPERATURE.....50. MAX HUMIDITY........95-100 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 2 TO 7 MPH BECOMING NORTH LESS THAN 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. RIDGETOP WIND.......NORTHWEST 3 TO 7 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 1000 FT AGL AFTER MIDNIGHT. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 6 TO 7 MPH. .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SHOWERS LIKELY. CWR.................50. MAX TEMPERATURE.....73. MIN HUMIDITY........48 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 2 TO 5 MPH. RIDGETOP WIND.......LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 3 TO 6 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5500 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...DIANN COONFIELD REQUESTED BY...MAUREEN DURRANT TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100917.CEMET.01/PDT