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SPOT FORECAST FOR STEN 38...MCKENZIE RIVER RANGER DISTRICT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
750 AM PDT MON JUN 27 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PDT ON JUNE 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A VEIL OF HIGH CLOUDS IS SPREADING ACROSS THE BURN
AREA THIS MORNING...IN ASSOCIATION WITH AN UPPER LEVEL LOW
PRESSURE DIGGING SOUTHWARD OFF THE WASHINGTON AND OREGON COAST.
TODAY WILL STILL BE FAIRLY WARM BUT LIKELY MORE HUMID THAN SUNDAY.
THE ADDITIONAL HUMIDITY MAY YIELD A COUPLE THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE
CASCADE CREST...WHICH MAY DRIFT OVER THE BURN AREA LATE THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. MORE WIDESPREAD RAIN WILL DEVELOP
TONIGHT AND TUESDAY...WITH WETTING RAINS LOOKING LIKELY FOR THE
BURN AREA.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........VARIABLE CLOUDS...BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY BY
                    LATE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF SHOWERS DEVELOPING
                    AFTER 1400...ALONG WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-79.
MIN HUMIDITY........30-35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE OR SOUTHWEST 0-3 MPH...BECOMING WEST
                    TO SOUTHWEST 4-8 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH
                    GUSTS TO 12 MPH. WINDS GUSTY AND ERRATIC NEAR
                    ANY THUNDERSTORMS.

NOTE: PLEASE USE THE APPROPRIATE WIND REDUCTION FACTORS BASED ON
      THE SHELTERING OF FUELS IN THE BURN AREA. THE WIND PROVIDED
      IN THIS FORECAST IS THE 20-FT WIND AND IS LIKELY TO BE
      STRONGER THAN THE EYE-LEVEL WIND.


TIME (PDT)      10 AM   NOON    2 PM    4 PM    6 PM
TEMP............66      70      76      77      74
RH..............44      38      35      33      38
20 FT WIND......SW 0-3  SW 1-4  SW 2-5  W 3-7   W 4-8
   MAX GUST.....        8       12      12      12


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FORECASTER...WEAGLE
REQUESTED BY...KAILI SWETLAND
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110626.STEN3.02/PQR