FNUS76 KPDT 201455 FWSPDT SPOT FORECAST FOR BLUE POKER...BLM VAD NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 754 AM PDT FRI MAY 20 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 PDT ON MAY 20. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL KEEP THE BURN AREA WARMER AND DRIER TODAY AND TONIGHT ASIDE FROM ISOLATED SHOWERS THIS MORNING. ON SATURDAY THE NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA WITH COOLER TEMPS AND A CHANCE OF SHOWERS INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY AFTERNOON. ***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. ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. CWR.................10. MAX TEMPERATURE.....66. MIN HUMIDITY........27-31 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE LESS THAN 5 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. RIDGETOP WIND.......NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS 2 TO 6 MPH INCREASING TO 6 TO 12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE INCREASING TO 7000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. CWR.................10. MIN TEMPERATURE.....40-42. MAX HUMIDITY........79-84 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 3 TO 8 MPH. RIDGETOP WIND.......NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 12 MPH DECREASING TO 2 TO 7 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. MIXING HEIGHT.......7000 FT AGL DECREASING TO NEAR SURFACE AFTER MIDNIGHT. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH WINDS 7 TO 11 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 3 TO 7 MPH AFTER 2300. .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE MORNING THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................30. MAX TEMPERATURE.....61-65. MIN HUMIDITY........35-40 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE LESS THAN 5 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 2 TO 7 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. RIDGETOP WIND.......VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 5 MPH BECOMING WEST TO NORTHWEST 3 TO 8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE INCREASING TO 7000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST WINDS 3 TO 7 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...GEORGE PERRY REQUESTED BY...JASIN FULWYLER TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110520.BLUEP.01/PDT