FNUS76 KPQR 141509 FWSPQR SPOT FORECAST FOR EASTSIDE...ODF NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 809 AM PDT THU OCT 14 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PDT ON OCTOBER 14. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...WEAK FRONTAL SYSTEM LATER TODAY... .DISCUSSION...A WEAK FRONTAL SYSTEM OFF THE COAST WILL REACH THE COAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN INTO THE INTERIOR VALLEYS THIS EVENING. EXPECT A GRADUAL INCREASE IN ONSHORE LOW-LEVEL TODAY. CLOUDS WILL SPREAD OVER THE BURN AREA THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE LOWEST DAYTIME HUMIDITY VALUES OCCURRING AROUND NOON OR EARLY AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT WILL BE RATHER LIGHT...BUT EXPECT A SUBSTANTIAL MARINE LAYER FRIDAY MORNING. CHANCE OF WETTING RAIN (CWR) 0.25 INCHES OR GREATER. FORECAST WINDS ARE 10 MINUTE AVERAGES 20 FT ABOVE VEGETATION. THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........HIGH CLOUDS IN THE MORNING. BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR (%).............0 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....IN THE MID 60S. MIN HUMIDITY........40 TO 45 PERCENT...BUT GRADUALLY RISING IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST 3 TO 8 MPH IN THE MORNING THEN WEST TO NORTHWEST 6 TO 10 MPH. AFTERNOON GUSTS TO 15 MPH. HAINES INDEX(MID)...5...BUT LOWERING TO 4 IN THE AFTERNOON. $$ FORECASTER...WEISHAAR REQUESTED BY...JEFF NEPSTAD REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20101014.EASTS.01/PQR