FNUS76 KPDT 241314 FWSPDT SPOT FORECAST FOR COTTONWOOD...GRAYBACK FORESTRY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 615 AM PDT FRI SEP 24 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 24. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A WEAK WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL PASS TO THE NORTH OF THE BURN SITE BRINGING ONLY SOME MID AND HIGH CLOUDS WITH IT THIS MORNING...WITH THE CLOUDS DECREASING THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL BUILD OVER THE BURN AREA BEGINNING TONIGHT AND SATURDAY WITH A WARMING AND DRYING TREND CONTINUING INTO NEXT WEEK. ***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 SUNNY BY NOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....74. MIN HUMIDITY........21 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 0-4 MPH BECOMING SW 4-9 MPH BY NOON. OCCASIONAL GUSTS 15-20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....VARIABLE 1-5 MPH EARLY BECOMING SW 5-10 MPH BY NOON. $$ FORECASTER...ROGER CLOUTIER REQUESTED BY...DAVE HANNIBAL TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100924.COTTO.01/PDT