FNUS76 KPQR 271951
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SPOT FORECAST FOR PATH...OR-MHF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
1251 PM PDT THU OCT 27 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 PDT ON OCTOBER 28.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...PRETTY BENIGN WEATHER. LIGHT FLOW UNDER WEAK RIDGING
THROUGH FRIDAY WILL GIVE DRY CONDITIONS. ORGANIZED FRONT MOVES
THROUGH THE DISTRICT ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR A GOOD CHANCE OF
WETTING RAINS ACROSS THE DISTRICT. FRIDAY SYSTEM WILL ALSO BRING
PRETTY STRONG WIND GUSTS TO THE HIGHER TERRAIN AS 850 MB FLOW
INCREASES TO 40 TO 50 KT OVER THE CASCADES.

A LITTLE RIDGING SATURDAY NIGHT BEFORE THE NEXT SYSTEM MOVES
THROUGH ON SUNDAY NIGHT. THEN A RETURN TO A DRY RIDGE THROUGH MID
WEEK WITH SOME SYSTEMS EXPECTED LATE IN THE WEEK.

NOTE: THE FIRE DESK WILL BE STAFFED THIS WEEK THROUGH FRIDAY.
THIS FRIDAY WILL BE THE LAST DAY OF LAND MANAGEMENT SEASON. THE
LAST 0940 INTERNET BRIEFING OF THE SEASON WILL BE CONDUCTED
TODAY.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
CWR (%).............0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 31.
MAX HUMIDITY........88 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS AROUND 6 MPH DECREASING TO 2 TO 4
                    MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING...THEN INCREASING TO
                    SOUTHWEST AROUND 6 MPH LATE IN THE NIGHT.

TIME (PDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY (%).........30     30     30     40     60     60
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............42     35     33     33     32     31
RH..............57     68     74     78     81     85
20 FT WIND......E 4    E 3    E 3    E 2    E 1    E 1
   MAX GUST.....10     5      5      5      5      5
CWR.............0      0      0      0      0      0

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN LATE IN THE
                    MORNING. RAIN LIKELY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR (%).............50 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 52.
MIN HUMIDITY........47 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 4 TO 8 MPH...THEN INCREASING TO 10
                    TO 16 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

TIME (PDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY (%).........70     70     70     90     90     90
WEATHER COV.....                     CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   RAIN   RAIN   RAIN
TEMP............32     34     42     49     52     50
RH..............86     81     64     51     50     55
20 FT WIND......SW 4   W 5    W 5    SW 8   SW 11  SW 11
   MAX GUST.....10     10     10     20     30     30
CWR.............10     10     10     10     10     10

$$
FORECASTER...WOLFE
REQUESTED BY...ROBLEZ
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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