FNUS76 KPDT 190321
FWSPDT

SPOT FORECAST FOR BUCK CREEK...USFS OCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
825 PM PDT WED JUL 18 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1946 PDT ON JULY 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING ARE WEST AND NORTH OF THE
BURN SITE AND ARE DIMINISHING...THEREFORE ANY THREAT OF
THUNDERSTORMS THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT IS SLIM.  HOWEVER...VERY
ACTIVE WEATHER IS IN STORE FOR THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT ACROSS
EASTERN OREGON. A STRONG LOW WILL MOVE EASTWARD AND BRING SCATTERED
TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ALONG ITS PATH.  ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT
DEVELOP WILL LIKELY BRING HEAVY RAIN...BUT ALSO LARGE HAIL AND GUSTY
WINDS.

***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***

.REST OF TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................0.
LAL.................2.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....54.
MAX HUMIDITY........62 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........DRAINAGE WINDS 1-4 MPH.
RIDGETOP WIND.......NORTHWEST WINDS 3-5 MPH
MIXING HEIGHT.......14000 FT AGL DECREASING TO NEAR SURFACE AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 8 TO 14 MPH.
LAL.................2.
HAINES INDEX........4 (LOW).

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN A CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................30.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....86.
MIN HUMIDITY........16 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 3-5 MPH SHIFTING TO
                    THE SOUTH 3-5 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGETOP WIND.......NORTH WINDS 4-7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH-SOUTHWEST
                    4-7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE INCREASING TO 12000 FT AGL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH AROUND 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH AROUND
                    13 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
LAL.................2...BECOMING 3 IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 (LOW).

THURSDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE
                    OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................40.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....55.
MAX HUMIDITY........83 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 4-10 MPH.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 4-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......12000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 1000 FT AGL AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH AROUND 22 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST
                    AROUND 15 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
LAL.................3...POSSIBLY 4.
HAINES INDEX........3 (VERY LOW).

$$

FORECASTER...MARY WISTER
REQUESTED BY...COIDC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120718.BUCKC.01/PDT