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SPOT FORECAST FOR MOTHER LODE...USFS WNF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
352 PM PDT FRI SEP 23 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1513 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...WETTING RAINS EXPECTED SUNDAY...

.DISCUSSION...WEAK SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AS
A PACIFIC FRONT SLOWLY APPROACHES THE COAST. RAIN IS NOT EXPECTED
FROM THIS FRONT UNTIL IT MOVES INLAND SUNDAY. OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY
RECOVERIES WILL BE MUCH IMPROVED TONIGHT ACROSS THE FIRE AS THE
MARINE LAYER DEEPENS IN RESPONSE TO THIS APPROACHING FRONT.

THE UPPER LEVEL FLOW WILL TURN MORE SOUTHERLY ON SATURDAY AS THE
OFFSHORE TROUGH DEEPENS AND THE ASSOCIATED SURFACE FRONT
APPROACHES THE COAST. THIS MAY INCREASE THE INSTABILITY OVER THE
FIRE SATURDAY AFTERNOON BUT THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT
THIS TIME. THE FRONT WILL FINALLY PUSH ASHORE SUNDAY WITH POSSIBLE
WETTING RAIN.





.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
CWR (%).............0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....47-51.
MAX HUMIDITY........GENERALLY ABOVE 75 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 22 MPH...
                    EASING TO 2 TO 5 MPH AFTER 2000.
VISIBILITY..........UNLIMITED.
CEILING.............NONE.


TIME (PDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY (%).........2      2      2      10     10     10
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............78     70     63     59     56     53
RH..............32     46     57     64     70     74
20 FT WIND......W 4    SW 2   SW 2   SE 2   SE 2   SE 2
   MAX GUST.....10     5      5      5      5      5
EYE LEVEL WIND..W 4    SW 2   SW 2   SE 2   SE 2   SE 2
   MAX GUST.....10     5      5      5      5      5
CWR.............0      0      0      0      0      0


.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........INCREASING CLOUDS.
CWR (%).............0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72-76.
MIN HUMIDITY........30-36 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 2 TO 5 MPH BECOMING WEST TO SOUTHWEST
                    6 TO 12 MPH BY 1300 WITH GUSTS TO 24 MPH.
VISIBILITY..........UNLIMITED.
CEILING.............ABOVE 10000 FEET.


.SUNDAY....

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN LIKELY IN THE MORNING...THEN A
                    CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR (%).............60 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....61 TO 67...BUT 55-60 AT 5000 FEET.
MIN HUMIDITY........55 TO 65 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VALLEYS/LOWER SLOPES: SOUTHWEST 6 TO 10 MPH WITH
                        AFTERNOON GUSTS TO 20 MPH.

                    RIDGES:  SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25
                             MPH.
VISIBILITY..........2-4 MILES IN THE MORNING...GENERALLY UNLIMITED IN
                    THE AFTERNOON...BUT BRIEFLY DOWN TO 4 MILES IN
                    HEAVIER AFTERNOON SHOWERS.
CEILING.............2500-3500 FEET IN THE MORNING...4000-5000 FEET
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...COLLINS
REQUESTED BY...MURRAY BROWN
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110923.MOTHE.01/PQR