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SPOT FORECAST FOR MOTHER LODE...USFS WNF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
357 PM PDT SAT SEP 24 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1531 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...
...WETTING RAINS EXPECTED SUNDAY...MONDAY...AND TUESDAY...

.DISCUSSION...SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL TURN SOUTHERLY LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED
SURFACE FRONT APPROACH THE COAST. THIS SOUTHERLY FLOW...COMBINED
WITH ENHANCED INSTABILITY...WILL PRODUCE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE FIRE AREA LATE 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
RAIN AND COOL CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY AGAIN MONDAY AND TUESDAY AS
ACTIVE FALL WEATHER MAKES ITS DEBUT AND EFFECTIVELY ENDS THE FIRE
SEASON.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY LATE WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    RAIN TOWARD SUNRISE.
CWR (%).............10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....47-52.
MAX HUMIDITY........ABOVE 85 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 4 TO 8 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING.
VISIBILITY..........UNLIMITED...EXCEPT 3-5 MILES UNDER ANY SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
CEILING.............UNLIMITED...EXCEPT 5000-6000 FEET UNDER ANY
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.

TIME (PDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY (%).........60     60     60     50     50     70
WEATHER COV.....S CHC  S CHC  S CHC                S CHC
WEATHER TYPE....TSRA   TSRA   RNSHWR               RAIN
TEMP............74     66     60     56     52     50
RH..............36     55     71     81     88     96
20 FT WIND......SW 5   SW 4   SW 4   SW 4   SW 5   SW 7
   MAX GUST.....10     9      8      6      8      11
CWR.............10     10     0      0      0      10


.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN LIKELY IN THE MORNING...THEN SHOWERS.
CWR (%).............70 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....54-61...WARMEST ON THE LOWER REACHES.
MIN HUMIDITY........65-75 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 7 TO 13 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH...
                    EASING TO 5 TO 9 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
VISIBILITY..........1-3 MILES IN THE MORNING...IMPROVING TO 5 MILES
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
CEILING.............2500-3500 FEET IN THE MORNING...LIFTING TO
                    4000-5000 FEET IN THE AFTERNOON.

$$
FORECASTER...COLLINS
REQUESTED BY...MURRAY BROWN
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110924.MOTHE.01/PQR