FNUS76 KPQR 280122 FWSPQR SPOT FORECAST FOR DOLLAR LAKE...USFS MH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 622 PM PDT SAT AUG 27 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1715 PDT ON AUGUST 27. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .BROADCAST DISCUSSION...ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE OREGON CASCADES WILL ARRIVE FROM THE SOUTH THIS EVENING...THEN MOVE EAST OF THE CASCADES LATER TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. MONDAY WILL BE DRY...BUT A PATTERN CHANGE STARTS MONDAY...WITH COOLER AND BREEZY WEATHER WITH INCREASING ONSHORE FLOW. .DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LOW OFF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WILL SLOWLY DRIFT ACROSS THE DISTRICT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WILL TRIGGER THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING OVER THE MT HOOD NATIONAL FOREST. WITH MONSOON MOISTURE OVER SOUTHEAST OREGON THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE MEASURABLE RAINFALL. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........INCREASING CLOUDS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. CWR (%).............15 PERCENT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....53 TO 57. MAX HUMIDITY........70-77 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST 1 TO 3 MPH BECOMING DRAINAGE BY 10 PM. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. VISIBILITY..........GREATER THAN 10 MILES. TIME (PDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........15 15 50 70 70 70 WEATHER COV.....NONE NONE SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............73 63 58 56 55 54 RH..............44 59 68 71 70 70 EYE LEVEL WIND..W 2 W 2 W 1 DRNG DRNG DRNG MAX GUST.....10 6 CWR.............0 0 10 10 10 10 VISIBILITY (MI).10 10 10 10 10 10 .SUNDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. CWR (%).............LESS THAN 10 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....76 TO 79. MIN HUMIDITY........41-46 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE LESS THAN 3 MPH BECOMING WEST 3 TO 6 MPH BY 1300. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. VISIBILITY..........GREATER THAN 10 MILES. TIME (PDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........70 79 70 55 50 40 WEATHER COV.....SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............55 61 70 76 78 77 RH..............65 60 55 50 45 45 EYE LEVEL WIND..UPSLP UPSLP UPSLP W 1 W 3 W 4 MAX GUST..... 8 10 CWR.............5 5 5 5 0 0 VISIBILITY (MI).10 10 10 10 10 10 $$ FORECASTER...COLLINS REQUESTED BY...CARISSA CHADWICK REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20110827.DOLLA.01/PQR