FNUS76 KPQR 241442
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SPOT FORECAST FOR BROWDER RIDGE...USFS WNF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
742 AM PDT SAT SEP 24 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL TURN SOUTHERLY THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED
SURFACE FRONT APPROACH THE COAST. THIS SOUTHERLY FLOW...COMBINED
WITH ENHANCED INSTABILITY ALONG THE CASCADES...WILL PRODUCE A
CHANCE OF WET THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE FIRE AREA THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. THE MARINE LAYER AND ONSHORE FLOW
WILL DEEPEN TONIGHT PROVIDING EXCELLENT HUMIDITY RECOVERIES. RAIN
WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE FIRE AREA SUNDAY AS THE FRONT MOVES INLAND.
WETTING RAINS AND COOL CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY AGAIN MONDAY AND
TUESDAY AS ACTIVE FALL WEATHER MAKES ITS DEBUT AND EFFECTIVELY
ENDS THE FIRE SEASON.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING...BECOMING PARTLY
                    SUNNY IN THE AFTERNOON WITH A CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR (%).............10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....71-74.
MIN HUMIDITY........38-44 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE TO 4 MPH IN THE MORNING...BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 4 TO 8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY
                    AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
CEILING.............UNLIMITED...EXCEPT 5000-6000 FEET UNDER ANY
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY LATE.
CWR (%).............20 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....46-51.
MAX HUMIDITY........ABOVE 80 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 4 TO 8 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
CEILING.............UNLIMITED...EXCEPT 5000-6000 FEET UNDER ANY
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN IN THE MORNING...THEN SHOWERS LIKELY IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
CWR (%).............80 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....55-60.
MIN HUMIDITY........60-70 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 7 TO 14 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 24 MPH...
                    EASING TO 4 TO 9 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CEILING.............2500-3500 FEET IN THE MORNING...LIFTING TO
                    4000-5000 FEET IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...COLLINS
REQUESTED BY...ANDREW NEPSTAD
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110924.BROWD.01/PQR