FNUS76 KPQR 270806
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SPOT FORECAST FOR DOLLAR LAKE...USFS MH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
106 AM PDT TUE SEP 27 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1853 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 26.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...MOIST AND COOL WEATHER WILL CONTINUE TODAY AS LIGHT
SHOWERS MOVE OVER THE FIRE AREA.

DRY WEATHER WILL RETURN WEDNESDAY...WITH LIGHT OFFSHORE FLOW
DEVELOPING AS COOL SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS EAST OF THE CASCADES.
HOWEVER...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED WITH THIS PATTERN
GIVEN THE COOL AIR MASS AND SHORT DURATION OF EAST WINDS. MORE RAIN
IS EXPECTED LATER IN THE WEEK AS ANOTHER FRONT APPROACHES.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS.
CWR (%).............60 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....52-57.
MIN HUMIDITY........55-65 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST TO SOUTHWEST 5 TO 9 MPH IN THE MORNING WITH
                    GUSTS TO 18 MPH...BECOMING WEST 4 TO 7 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.


TIME (PDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY (%).........91     91     91     71     71     71
WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............47     46     49     53     55     56
RH..............95     98     85     75     65     60
20 FEET WIND....SW 5   SW 5   SW 7   W 8    W 8    W 8
   MAX GUST.....12     12     15     16     18     18

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE
                    EVENING.
CWR (%).............5 TO 10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....41-45.
MAX HUMIDITY........ABOVE 85 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE EVENING WITH GUSTS
                    TO 16...BECOMING NORTHEAST 2 TO 6 MPH LATE.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING SUNNY.
CWR (%).............0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....59-64.
MIN HUMIDITY........35-40 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST TO NORTHEAST 6 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 22 MPH.

$$
FORECASTER...COLLINS
REQUESTED BY...STEVE ARASIM
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110926.DOLLA.01/PQR