FNUS76 KPDT 281254 FWSPDT SPOT FORECAST FOR ELEPHANT ROCK...PDT ODF NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 555 AM PDT SUN AUG 28 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0515 PDT ON AUGUST 28. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... .DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AND PRODUCE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. ***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. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................10. MAX TEMPERATURE.....88. MIN HUMIDITY........28 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 2 TO 7 MPH. RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTH 12 MPH MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE INCREASING TO 3500 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 5 TO 6 MPH. LAL.................3. HAINES INDEX........4 (LOW). .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. CWR.................20. MIN TEMPERATURE.....60. MAX HUMIDITY........75 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 2 TO 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 2 TO 6 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTH 10 MPH BECOMING WEST AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIXING HEIGHT.......3500 FT AGL DECREASING TO NEAR SURFACE AFTER MIDNIGHT. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST AROUND 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. LAL.................3. HAINES INDEX........4 (LOW). .MONDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING SUNNY. CWR.................0. MAX TEMPERATURE.....86. MIN HUMIDITY........24 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 11 MPH. RIDGETOP WIND.......WEST 10 MPH MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE INCREASING TO 5000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH. LAL.................1. HAINES INDEX........4 (LOW). $$ FORECASTER...DENNIS HULL REQUESTED BY...DENNIS PERELLI TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20110828.ELEPH.01/PDT