FNUS76 KPDT 241321 FWSPDT SPOT FORECAST FOR MEDICAL SPRINGS 602...USFS WWF NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 620 AM PDT TUE APR 24 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PDT ON APRIL 24. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A MOIST AND UNSTABLE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT OVER THE FIRE WILL RESULT IN SHOWERS AND AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS BOTH TODAY AND WEDNESDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOUT 10 DEGREES COOLER TODAY AND THEN 5 TO 8 MORE DEGREES COOLER ON WEDNESDAY WITH INCREASED RELATIVE HUMIDITY BOTH DAYS. ***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*** .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....71-73. MIN HUMIDITY........35-40 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 0 TO 3 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 4 TO 9 MPH. WIND MAY OCCASIONALLY SHIFT TO SOUTHWEST 4 TO 9 MPH AT TIMES IN THE AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. MIN TEMPERATURE.....45-47. MAX HUMIDITY........92-94 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST 3 TO 8 MPH DECREASING TO NORTHEAST 1 TO 4 MPH. .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....64-66. MIN HUMIDITY........40-45 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST 1 TO 4 MPH EARLY BECOMING SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. $$ FORECASTER...ROGER CLOUTIER REQUESTED BY...M JOHNSON TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120424.MEDIC.01/PDT