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SPOT FORECAST FOR M DIKES...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
820 AM PDT TUE OCT 18 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 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.....NEAR 70.
MIN HUMIDITY........33 TO 37 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST TO 5 MPH THROUGH 0900 THEN NORTH
                    TO NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 16 MPH
                    THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. WIND BECOMING NORTHWEST
                    TO NORTH 4 TO 8 MPH MID TO LATE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY OVERNIGHT.
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE TOWARD
                    DAWN.
CWR (%).............0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....45 TO 48.
MAX HUMIDITY........AT OR ABOVE 90 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST 4 TO 7 MPH EARLY EVENING THEN WEST.
                    WIND BECOMING SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 4 MPH OR LESS
                    BY 2200.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN OR DRIZZLE
                    IN THE MORNING.
CWR (%).............0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....62 TO 65.
MIN HUMIDITY........55 TO 60 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 5 MPH OR LESS 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.MDIKE.01/PQR