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SPOT FORECAST FOR DOLLAR LAKE...USFS MH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
337 PM PDT MON AUG 29 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1504 PDT ON AUGUST 29.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...DEEPER MARINE LAYER TUESDAY...

.DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL
RESULT IN STRONGER ONSHORE FLOW THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THE MARINE
LAYER WILL REACH THE CASCADE CREST LATE TONIGHT...BUT WILL LIKELY
NOT GET INTO THE UPPER HOOD RIVER VALLEY OR AND LAURANCE LAKE AREA.
DESPITE COOLER DAYTIME TEMPERATURES...HIGHER DAYTIME HUMIDITY AND
IMPROVED NIGHTTIME RH RECOVERY...THERE IS STILL THE POTENTIAL FOR
WEST WIND TO FUNNEL THROUGH THE CLEAR BRANCH DRAINAGE. IT LOOKS
LIKE MUCH WARMER CONDITIONS RETURN FOR THE LABOR DAY WEEKEND
WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR MID-LEVEL HAINES VALUES OF 5 TO 6.


.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR (%).............0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....NEAR 75.
HUMIDITY............35 TO 40 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST 6-11 MPH. GUSTS TO 20 MPH.
VISIBILITY..........UNLIMITED EXCEPT SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED IN
                    SMOKE NORTHEAST THROUGH EAST PERIMETER.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX(HIGH)..4 (LOW).


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR. PARTLY CLOUDY OVERNIGHT.
CWR (%).............0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....50 TO 55.
MAX HUMIDITY........GENERALLY 70 TO 80 PERCENT...BUT ABOVE 80
                    PERCENT DRAINAGE BOTTOMS AND NEAR LAURANCE
                    LAKE.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST 6-11 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH. WIND
                    EASING TO 4-8 MPH AROUND 1900. WIND BECOMING
                    LOCAL DRAINAGE TO 2-7 MPH AFTER DARK.
VISIBILITY..........UNLIMITED THROUGH THE EVENING THEN DECREASING.
                    SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITY IN VALLEY
                    BOTTOMS AND LOWER SLOPES.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX(HIGH)..4 (LOW).


.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR (%).............0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....NEAR 70.
MIN HUMIDITY........45 TO 55 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UP-SLOPE TO 5 MPH THROUGH ABOUT 0900 THEN SOUTHWEST
                    TO WEST 6-12 MPH. AFTERNOON GUSTS UP TO 22 MPH.
VISIBILITY..........GENERALLY UNLIMITED EXCEPT SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED
                    IN VALLEY BOTTOMS AND LOWER SLOPES IN THE MORNING.
                    NORTHEAST TO EAST PERIMETER OF THE FIRE AREA WILL
                    BE SUBJECT TO SMOKY CONDITIONS DUE TO PREVAILING
                    WEST TRANSPORT WIND.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX(HIGH)..4 (LOW).


$$
FORECASTER...WEISHAAR
REQUESTED BY...CARISSA CHADWICK
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110829.DOLLA.01/PQR