FNUS76 KPDT 011725 FWSPDT SPOT FORECAST FOR BIG FIR BLOCK 1...USFS UMF NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 1025 AM PDT FRI OCT 1 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1130 PDT ON OCTOBER 01. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...CLEAR SKIES WITH TERRAIN DRIVEN WINDS THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON. SURFACE WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWESTERLY FOR A FEW HOURS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING BEFORE THE INVERSION AND THERMAL BELT BEGIN TO SET UP AROUND SUNSET. A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH BREEZY WINDS AND ABOUT A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF A WETTING RAIN SUNDAY NIGHT. ***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.........SUNNY. CWR.................0. MAX TEMPERATURE.....77. MIN HUMIDITY........30 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE LESS THAN 5 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO 8 MPH AROUND 1400. RIDGETOP WIND.......LIGHT LESS THAN 5 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 8 TO 11 MPH AROUND 1400. MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....LIGHT IN THE MORNING BECOMING NORTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR. CWR.................0. MIN TEMPERATURE.....59. MAX HUMIDITY........60 PERCENT...OCCURRING LATE OVERNIGHT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH BECOMING DRAINAGE WINDS LESS THAN 5 MPH AROUND SUNSET. RIDGETOP WIND.......NORTHWEST 8 TO 11 MPH BECOMING LIGHT AROUND 2300. MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL BECOMING NEAR SURFACE AROUND SUNSET. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 7 MPH BECOMING LIGHT AROUND SUNSET. .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. CWR.................0. MAX TEMPERATURE.....74. MIN HUMIDITY........33 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE 3 TO 7 MPH. RIDGETOP WIND.......LIGHT BECOMING NORTH 4 TO 8 MPH AFTER 1300 MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTH AROUND 4 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. $$ FORECASTER...JON BONK REQUESTED BY...SETH CLAASSEN TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20101001.BIGFI.01/PDT