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SPOT FORECAST FOR LUPINE MEADOW...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
757 AM PDT TUE OCT 18 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PDT ON OCTOBER 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...WARMER AND DRIER TODAY...

.DISCUSSION...A SURFACE THERMAL TROUGH JUST OFF THE COAST EARLY
THIS MORNING HAS INDUCED OFFSHORE LOW-LEVEL FLOW...ESPECIALLY
IN THE NORTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY. EXPECT NORTH SURFACE WIND OVER
THE BURN AREA THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. HOWEVER...THE THERMAL
TROUGH IS EXPECTED TO DRIFT INLAND LATE IN THE DAY...WHICH WILL
RESULT IN A SWITCH TO A NORTHWEST WIND DIRECTION. ONSHORE FLOW
INCREASES THIS EVENING RESULTING IN A SOUTHWEST TO WEST
WIND DIRECTION. AN UPPER TROUGH MOVES ACROSS THE AREA EARLY
WEDNESDAY.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR (%).............0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70 TO 73.
MIN HUMIDITY........35 TO 40 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WIND THROUGH 0900 THEN NORTH TO NORTHEAST
                    4 TO 7 MPH. WIND TURNING TO NORTHWEST TO NORTH
                    2 TO 6 MPH LATE IN THE DAY.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR IN THE EVENING THEN INCREASING
                    CLOUDS. SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE
                    TOWARD DAWN.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....45 TO 48.
MAX HUMIDITY........AT OR ABOVE 90 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST TO NORTHWEST 2-6 MPH IN THE EVENING THEN
                    SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 5 MPH OR LESS.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN OR DRIZZLE
                    IN THE MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....62 TO 65.
MIN HUMIDITY........55 TO 60 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST TO 5 MPH IN THE MORNING THEN
                    SOUTHWEST TO WEST 4 TO 8 MPH.

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FORECASTER...WEISHAAR
REQUESTED BY...GREG HAGEDORN
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20111018.LUPIN.01/PQR