FNUS76 KPQR 050011 FWSPQR SPOT FORECAST FOR VENETA S-290...ODF NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 411 PM PST SUN MAR 4 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 1620 PST ON MARCH 04. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. TEST SPOT....TEST SPOT...TEST SPOT... .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT AND AT THE SURFACE WILL WEAKEN TONIGHT AS THE NEXT FRONTAL SYSTEM APPROACHES THE COAST. THIS APPEARS TO BE A RATHER ENERGETIC FRONT...WITH VERY COLD AIR BEHIND IT. THE FRONTAL BAND WILL REACH THE TEST BURN SITE AROUND MIDDAY MONDAY. THE PRIMARY PRECIPITATION PERIOD WILL BE LATE MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. MUCH COLDER AIR SETTLES OVER THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT...BUT BY THEN MOISTURE WILL BE ON THE WANE. ANYTHING THAT FALLS LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY MORNING COULD BE AS SNOW. COOL NORTH FLOW ALOFT WILL BE OVER THE SITE TUESDAY...FOLLOWED BY A QUICK WARM-UP BY THURSDAY. CHANCE OF WETTING RAIN (CWR) 0.25 INCHES OR GREATER. THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. INCREASING LOW CLOUDS AROUND MIDNIGHT. PATCHY FOG OVERNIGHT. CWR (%).............0 PERCENT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 38. MAX HUMIDITY........95 TO 100 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST 4 TO 8 MPH...SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH TO 2 TO 5 MPH BY MIDNIGHT. TIME (PST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM TEMP............49 44 42 40 39 38 RH..............80 89 90 93 95 97 20 FT WIND......NW 5 W 4 S-SW 2 S-SW 2 S-SW 2 S-SW 2 MAX GUST.....8 7 5 5 5 5 .MONDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN RAIN IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. RAIN SHOWERS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR (%).............80 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....46 TO 49. MIN HUMIDITY........77 TO 82 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE MORNING WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH...THEN WEST 8 TO 13 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...WEISHAAR REQUESTED BY...SHAWN WEAGLE REASON FOR REQUEST...TEST .TAG 20120304.VENET.01/PQR