FNUS76 KPQR 021538 FWSPQR SPOT FORECAST FOR OAK CREEK PILES...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 838 AM PDT WED NOV 2 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1330 PDT ON NOVEMBER 02. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST THIS MORNING WILL MOVE EAST TODAY...WITH A COLD FRONT PUSHING INTO NORTHWEST OREGON THIS EVENING...BRINGING BACK THE LIKELIHOOD OF RAIN. AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THURSDAY AND FRIDAY KEEPING A THREAT OF SHOWERS IN THURSDAY...AND COOL TEMPERATURES THROUGH FRIDAY. 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.........MORNING FOG AND LOW CLOUDS EXPECTED TO BURN OFF BETWEEN NOON AND 1 PM. MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON...INCREASING CLOUDS LATE. CWR (%).............10 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....56 TO 59. MIN HUMIDITY........40 TO 45 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT EAST WIND BECOMING SOUTH IN THE AFTERNOON 5 TO 8 MPH. TIME (PDT) 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM TEMP............47 54 57 RH..............58 48 43 20 FT WIND......S 3 S 5 W 6 MAX GUST.....5 8 10 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN IN THE EVENING...THEN SHOWERS LIKELY OVERNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 38. MAX HUMIDITY........90 TO 100 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 3 TO 5 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT. .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SHOWERS LIKELY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 50. MIN HUMIDITY........60 TO 70 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 3 TO 5 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...DELSON REQUESTED BY...GLEN WARNER REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20111102.OAKCR.01/PQR