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SPOT FORECAST FOR INCIDENT 59...USFS WNF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
822 AM PDT SAT AUG 27 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0744 PDT ON AUGUST 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AIR MASS REMAINS WARM AND DRY TODAY. ANOTHER ROUND
OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL ARRIVE TODAY AS THE LAST UPPER LOW OFF
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA LIFTS NORTH ACROSS SOUTH AND CENTRAL OREGON.
MONSOON MOISTURE LIES OVER SOUTHEAST OREGON...AND SUSPECT THE LOW
WILL TAP THIS MOISTURE. THIS BEING THE CASE...THUNDERSTORMS ON THE
CASCADES WILL LIKELY BE MIX OF WET AND DRY...WITH MUCH WETTER
STORMS EAST OF THE CASCADES. STORMS WILL SHIFT EAST OF THE
CASCADES QUICKLY LATER THIS EVENING.

LATER TONIGHT AND MAINLY SUNDAY...FLOW ALOFT WILL TURN MORE
WESTERLY...WITH STABLE BUT STILL WARM CONDITIONS. A COLD FRONT
WILL PUSH ACROSS THE REGION ON MONDAY...STARTING A COOLING TREND.


.TODAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. CUMULUS BUILDUPS DEVELOPING
                    MIDDAY INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1400.
CWR (%).............35-40 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72-75.
MIN HUMIDITY........NEAR 40 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT UPSLOPE THIS MORNING...THEN NORTH 2-4 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH TO NORTHEAST 2-4 MPH...TURNING MORE NORTH
                       THIS AFTERNOON.
        NOTE: GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

TIME (PDT)      7 AM    9 AM    11 AM    1 PM     3 PM     5 PM
CLOUD COVER.....   0%      0%       1%     20%      30%      66%
TEMP............  56      62       68      72       71       68
RH..............  55%     51%      44%     42%      40%      38%
20 FT WIND...... SE 1   SE 0-2   N 2-3   N 2-4    NW 2-4    NW 2-4
   MAX GUST.....    3      2        5       5        5        5
EYE LEVEL WIND.. SE 1   NE 1-2    NW 2-4 N 4-5    NW 4-6    NW 4-6
   MAX GUST.....    2      3        9      11       11        12
CWR.............    0%     0%      0%       0%       2%      22%


.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY...BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY LATE.
                    SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING.
CWR (%).............30 PERCENT...DECREASING TO 0 PERCENT LATE.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....NEAR 46.
MAX HUMIDITY........80-85 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH TO NORTHWEST 2-5 MPH EARLY...THEN BECOMING
                    VARIABLE IN THE EVENING. WINDS CALM LATE.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS 3-6 MPH EARLY...THEN
                      EASING TO 1-3 MPH.
              NOTE: GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

TIME (PDT)      7 PM    9 PM    11 PM    1 AM     3 AM     5 AM
CLOUD COVER.....  75%     85%      85%     80%      75%      65%
TEMP............  66      62       60      58       53       48
RH..............  47%     53%      54%     62%      72%      79%
20 FT WIND...... VRB 1   VRB 0-2   CALM   CALM    CALM     N 0-1
   MAX GUST.....    3      3
EYE LEVEL WIND.. NW 2-4  NW 2-3   N 2      N 2     N 2     NW 1-2
   MAX GUST.....    6      5
CWR.............   40%    30%      20%     10%       0%       0%


.SUNDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR (%).............0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 70.
MIN HUMIDITY........35-40 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT UPSLOPE...BECOMING NORTH TO NORTHWEST 3-6 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT UPSLOPE UNTIL 1300...THEN NORTH TO NORTHWEST
                      4-7 MPH. WINDS STRONGEST ON RIDGETOPS.


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FORECASTER...ROCKEY
REQUESTED BY...MEI LIN LANTZ
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110827.INCID.01/PQR