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SPOT FORECAST FOR BIG TOE...ODF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
749 AM PDT THU OCT 21 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 PDT ON OCTOBER 21.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...MUCH COOLER TODAY WITH RAIN THREAT LATE THIS AFTERNOON...

.DISCUSSION...A MARINE SURGE OCCURRED OVERNIGHT...REACHING MUCH OF
THE COAST RANGE. ONSHORE LOW-LEVEL FLOW TODAY WILL RESULT IN SEVERAL
DEGREES OF COOLING AND HIGHER DAYTIME HUMIDITY. A SPLITTING FRONT
WILL WORK ITS WAY TOWARD THE COAST TODAY...AND SHOULD REACH THE
COASTLINE LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR IN THE EARLY EVENING. EXPECT SOME
PRECIPITATION TO OCCUR OVER THE BURN PILES THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.

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.........PARTLY CLOUDY. BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE
                    AFTERNOON. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN AROUND 1600.
CWR (%).............0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 60.
MIN HUMIDITY........55 TO 60 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST TO WEST TO 5 MPH THROUGH 1100 THEN 6 TO
                    11 MPH. AFTERNOON GUSTS UP TO 18 MPH.
HAINES INDEX(MID)...5 (MODERATE) IN THE MORNING THEN 3 (VERY LOW).

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. RAIN AT TIMES UNTIL MIDNIGHT THEN SHOWERS
                    LIKELY.
CWR (%).............40 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....IN THE MID 40S.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 6 TO 11 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH.
                    WIND EASING TO 3 TO 7 MPH BY 2200.

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FORECASTER...WEISHAAR
REQUESTED BY...JEFF NEPSTAD
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20101021.BIGTO.01/PQR