FNUS76 KPDT 250021
FWSPDT

SPOT FORECAST FOR CS 0052...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
520 PM PDT TUE APR 24 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1657 PDT ON APRIL 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...SKIES WILL BE MOSTLY CLEAR OVERNIGHT WITH LIGHT WINDS.
WEDNESDAY A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH LATE IN THE DAY WITH INCREASING
CLOUDS AND THE CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION LATE IN THE DAY WITH
PRECIPITATION BECOMING LIKELY BY EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.

***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***

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
CWR.................0.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....40-45.
MAX HUMIDITY........85-95 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EVENING WEST WINDS 2 TO 4 MPH BECOMING DRAINAGE
                    LESS THAN 2 MPH AFTER SUNSET.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTHWEST 2 TO 4 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 1000 FT AGL AFTER
                    SUNSET.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 4 TO 8 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........2 (VERY LOW).

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. AN INCREASING CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                    IN THE LATE AFTERNOON ALONG WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE
                    OF THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................20.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....64-68.
MIN HUMIDITY........40-50 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS LESS THAN 3 MPH THROUGH MORNING THEN
                    BECOMING WEST WINDS 4 TO 7 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTHWEST 2 TO 4 MPH BECOMING WEST 5 TO 10 MPH IN
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5000 FT AGL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 6 TO 12 MPH.
LAL.................2.
HAINES INDEX........2 (VERY LOW).

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FORECASTER...JOE SOLOMON
REQUESTED BY...COIDC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120424.CS005.01/PDT