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SPOT FORECAST FOR DOLLAR LAKE...USFS MH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
336 PM PDT SUN AUG 28 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0930 PDT ON AUGUST 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.BROADCAST DISCUSSION...ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE
OREGON CASCADES LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.
MONDAY WILL BE DRY AS A PATTERN CHANGE BEGINS...WITH COOLER AND
BREEZY WEATHER WITH INCREASING ONSHORE FLOW THROUGH MUCH OF THE
WEEK.

.DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL LOW JUST SOUTHWEST OF MOUNT HOOD WILL
SLOWLY DRIFT EAST OF THE FIRE THIS EVENING. THIS WILL TRIGGER ONE
LAST THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY
THIS EVENING OVER THE MOUNT HOOD NATIONAL FOREST. WITH MONSOON
MOISTURE OVER SOUTHEAST OREGON...ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO FORM
WILL LIKELY BE A MIX OF WET AND DRY...WITH MUCH WETTER STORMS EAST
OF THE CASCADES.

THE FLOW ALOFT WILL TURN MORE WESTERLY THIS EVENING AS HIGHER
PRESSURE BUILDS ALONG THE COAST. THE RESULTING ONSHORE FLOW WILL
ALLOW HUMIDITY RECOVERIES TO IMPROVE TONIGHT OVER THE LAST FEW
NIGHTS.

A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE REGION ON MONDAY...STARTING A
GRADUAL COOLING TREND WITH INCREASING ONSHORE FLOW.



.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING.
CWR (%).............5 TO 10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....51-56.
MAX HUMIDITY........66-74 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST 2 TO 5 MPH BECOMING DRAINAGE AFTER
                    2200. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS POSSIBLE NEAR
                    ANY THUNDERSTORMS.
VISIBILITY..........GREATER THAN 10 MILES.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR (%).............0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....71-74.
MIN HUMIDITY........42-47 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE LESS THAN 3 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 3
                    TO 6 MPH AFTER 1300.
VISIBILITY..........GREATER THAN 10 MILES.

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FORECASTER...COLLINS
REQUESTED BY...CARISSA CHADWICK
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110827.DOLLA.02/PQR