FNUS76 KPQR 112049 FWSPQR SPOT FORECAST FOR MOTHER LODE...USFS MH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 137 PM PDT SUN SEP 11 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1258 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 11. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PDT MONDAY... .BROADCAST DISCUSSION...THE THERMAL TROUGH CURRENTLY LIES ACROSS THE FIRE...BUT WILL MOVE EAST OF THE CASCADES BY 5 PM. EXPECT DRY AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS AS WELL AS A CHANCE OF AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING AS THE THERMAL TROUGH MOVES BY. EXPECT VARIABLE WINDS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. MARINE AIR WILL WORK INTO THE FIRE AREA BY MONDAY. .DISCUSSION...CUMULUS CLOUDS CONTINUE TO BUILD NEAR THE CASCADE CREST THIS AFTERNOON AS THE THERMAL TROUGH MOVES OVER THE FIRE. THE THERMAL TROUGH IS NOT ESPECIALLY STRONG SO WINDS WILL REMAIN VARIABLE AS THE TROUGH JUMPS TO THE EAST SIDE EARLY THIS EVENING. MAIN EFFECTS OF THE TROUGH WILL BE VERY DRY AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS AS WELL AS THE THREAT OF AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. WILL SEE SOME RELIEF LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AS THE MARINE AIR DEEPENS AND EVENTUALLY REACHES THE FIRE. GUSTY ONSHORE WINDS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP MONDAY AFTERNOON AS THE AIR MASS MOISTENS. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY WITH CUMULUS BUILD-UPS. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. CWR (%).............0 PERCENT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....52-55. MAX HUMIDITY........70-78 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE LESS THAN 3 MPH...BECOMING WEST 2 TO 5 MPH. TIME (PDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........30 20 15 10 0 0 WEATHER COV.....SCHC WEATHER TYPE....TSRA NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............86 76 69 63 59 56 RH..............24 35 51 60 68 75 20 FT WIND......VRB 1 W 1 W 2 W 2 W 2 W 2 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 .MONDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. CUMULUS BUILD-UPS IN THE AFTERNOON WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM. CWR (%).............0 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....76-82. MIN HUMIDITY........25-33 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE LESS THAN 3 MPH...BECOMING WEST 4 TO 8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (PDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........0 0 0 10 15 25 WEATHER COV..... SCHC SCHC WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TSRA TSRA TEMP............55 56 63 69 76 78 RH..............77 76 60 43 31 26 20 FT WIND......VRB 2 VRB 2 VRB 2 W 3 W 5 W 6 MAX GUST..... 8 11 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 $$ FORECASTER...COLLINS REQUESTED BY...SITUATION UNIT LEADER REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20110911.MOTHE.01/PQR