FNUS76 KPDT 241350
FWSPDT

SPOT FORECAST FOR WILDHORSE  103...USFS UMF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
650 AM PDT MON OCT 24 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 PDT ON OCTOBER 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A DRY COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE BURN AREA THIS
MORNING. A WESTERLY SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT FOLLOWING THE FRONTAL
PASSAGE WILL PRODUCE INCREASING WEST WINDS THIS MORNING. THE PRESSURE
GRADIENT CHANGES ORIENTATION TO THE NORTHWEST BY LATE THIS MORNING...
WHICH WILL SHIFT WINDS TO THE NORTHWEST BY LATE IN THE MORNING. WINDS
WILL BECOME DRAINAGE THIS EVENING.

***THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS***
***WINDS ARE 20 FOOT 10 MINUTE AVERAGES***
***CWR-CHANCE OF WETTING RAIN 0.10 OR GREATER***
***FORECAST IS VALID FOR 12 HOURS AFTER ISSUANCE***

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....52.
MIN HUMIDITY........36 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH UNTIL 1000...
                    THEN NORTHWEST 7 TO 11 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
CWR.................0.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....27.
MAX HUMIDITY........90 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 3 TO 8 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING DRAINAGE WINDS LESS THAN 5 MPH BY 2100.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....49-50.
MIN HUMIDITY........40-42 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE LESS THAN 5 MPH BECOMING NORTHEAST 3 TO
                    8 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...ALAN POLAN
REQUESTED BY...KRISTEN MARSHALL
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20111024.WILDH.01/PDT