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SPOT FORECAST FOR MOTHER LODE...USFS WNF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
234 PM PDT THU SEP 29 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1412 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 29.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...LIGHT OFFSHORE FLOW OVER THE DISTRICT THIS AFTERNOON
BUT THIS WILL TURN ONSHORE THIS EVENING. WILL SEE INCREASING
MARINE AIR INTO THE INTERIOR LOWLANDS TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. WILL
BE COOLER WITH MORE CLOUD COVER TOMORROW AS A WEAK FRONT PUSHES
ACROSS THE REGION. COOLER THIS WEEKEND...WITH RAIN ARRIVING
SUNDAY.


.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY LATER THIS
                    EVENING. AFTER 0300...BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
CWR (%).............0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....NEAR 45.
MAX HUMIDITY........85-90 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....EAST TO SOUTHEAST 1-3 MPH EARLY...THEN LIGHT
                        AND VARIABLE WIND BY 1900. AFTER MIDNIGHT
                        SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 0-2 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST TO SOUTHEAST 2-5 MPH UNTIL 1900...THEN
                        VARIABLE 0-2 MPH. AFTER MIDNIGHT...SOUTH TO
                        SOUTHWEST 2-4 MPH.
VISIBILITY..........UNLIMITED.
CEILING.............UNLIMITED...BUT MAY SEE PATCHES OF LOW CLOUDS
                        WITH CEILINGS AROUND 1000 FEET AFTER 0300.

TIME (PDT)             6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT   2 AM    4 AM
CLOUD COVER (%)....      0%     5%      5%    10%     25%     35%
TEMP...............     75     66      59     54      51      48
RH.................     29%    47%     62%    74%     82%     85%
20 FT WIND.........    SE 3   VRB 2   VRB 2  SW 1    SW 2    SW 3
   MAX GUST........      10       3       3     2       5       5
EYE LEVEL WIND.....    SE 1   VRB 1   VRB 1  CALM    SW 1   SSW 1
   MAX GUST........       1       1       1     1       1       1


.FRIDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
CWR (%).............0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....68-72.
MIN HUMIDITY........35-40 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 1-2 MPH IN THE MORNING...THEN
                      NORTHWEST 2-4 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 1-3 MPH IN THE MORNING...THEN WEST TO
                      NORTHWEST 4-7 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
VISIBILITY..........10 MILES OR BETTER.
CEILING.............MOSTLY 10000 TO 12000.

TIME (PDT)             6 AM   8 AM   10 AM   NOON    2 PM    4 PM
CLOUDCOVER (%).....     50%    59%     52%     51%     59%    63%
TEMP...............     46     48      54      62      69     70
RH.................     89%    86%     72%     54%     41%    37%
20 FT WIND.........    SW 3    S 2    SW 3     W 5   W 5-7    W 5-8
   MAX GUST........       3      3       7     10      12     15
EYE LEVEL WIND.....    SW 1    S 1    S 1     W 2     W 4     W 4
   MAX GUST........       2      2      2       5       7      7


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FORECASTER...ROCKEY
REQUESTED BY...MURRAY BROWN
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110929.MOTHE.02/PQR