FNUS76 KPQR 241556 FWSPQR SPOT FORECAST FOR FINLEY RX...US FISH & WILDLIFE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 856 AM PDT MON OCT 24 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1400 PDT ON OCTOBER 24. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE EXITING REGION TO THE NW TODAY WHILE SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE AREA. THERMAL TROUGH WELL SOUTH OF THE AREA IN CALIFORNIA...THOUGH WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING MAY SEE SOME STRONGER WINDS SOUTH OF THE BURN SITE WHICH MAY INFLUENCE THE BURN SITE WITH A FEW GUSTY WINDS AT TIMES...BUT OVERALL WIND SPEEDS SHOULD BE FAIRLY LIGHT AND OUT OF THE NORTH. RH WILL GET DOWN INTO THE UPPER 40S OR LOWER 50S TODAY AND INTO THE MID 40S TOMORROW AS THE THERMAL TROUGH BUILDS NORTH DRIES AIR MASS OUT WHILE INCREASING OFFSHORE WIND SPEEDS. CHANCE OF WETTING RAIN (CWR) 0.25 INCHES OR GREATER. FORECAST WINDS ARE 10 MINUTE AVERAGES 20 FT ABOVE VEGETATION. THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 60. MIN HUMIDITY........49 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS AROUND 2 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 7 MPH. TIME (PDT) 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........20 20 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE TEMP............58 59 RH..............54 49 20 FT WIND......N 5 N 7 MAX GUST.....10 15 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. PATCHY FOG LATE IN THE EVENING. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 36. MAX HUMIDITY........98 PERCENT. TIME (PDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........30 30 30 40 40 40 WEATHER COV..... PATCHY PATCHY PATCHY WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE FOG FOG FOG TEMP............55 48 45 41 39 37 RH..............57 73 82 88 94 97 .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. PATCHY FOG IN THE MORNING. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 59. MIN HUMIDITY........49 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS AROUND 4 MPH INCREASING TO 5 TO 7 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING. TIME (PDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........30 30 30 10 10 10 WEATHER COV.....PATCHY PATCHY PATCHY WEATHER TYPE....FOG FOG FOG NONE NONE NONE TEMP............36 36 42 51 57 58 RH..............98 98 88 70 54 49 20 FT WIND......N 3 N 3 N 3 N 5 N 5 N 7 MAX GUST.....5 5 5 10 10 15 $$ FORECASTER...WOLFE REQUESTED BY...FRANK CONNOR REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20111024.FINLE.01/PQR