FNUS76 KPDT 191249
FWSPDT

SPOT FORECAST FOR BUCK CREEK...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
550 AM PDT THU JUL 19 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0051 PDT ON JULY 19.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING ANOTHER CHANCE
OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THE BEST CHANCE
FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS TONIGHT...THEN DECREASING ON FRIDAY. MOST
THUNDERSTORMS WILL PROVIDE WETTING RAINS OF A TENTH OF AN INCH OR
MORE OF RAINFALL. CONDITIONS WILL BECOME MORE STABLE LATE IN THE
WEEKEND WITH WARMER TEMPERATURES.

***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. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS BY AFTERNOON.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....83-85.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-20 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 2 TO 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST
                    3 TO 7 MPH BY NOON AND THEN SHIFTING TO SOUTH
                    5 TO 10 MPH BY LATE AFTERNOON.
RIDGETOP WIND.......NORTH 4 TO 9 MPH BECOMING SOUTH 8 TO 15 MPH BY
                    LATE AFTERNOON.
LAL.................2.
HAINES INDEX........4 (LOW).

        TEMPERATURE     HUMIDITY     20-FT WIND (MPH)
0800        62             60           NW 2-6
1000        73             39           NE 2-6
1200        80             24           E  3-7
1400        84             20           SE 4-9
1600        84             19           SE 4-9
1800        80             22           S  5-10
2000        73             34           S  3-7


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY THIS EVENING.
CWR.................50.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....51-53.
MAX HUMIDITY........84-86 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH 4 TO 9 MPH BECOMING WEST 2 TO 6 MPH.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 7 TO 13 MPH BECOMING
                    NORTHWEST 4 TO 9 MPH OVERNIGHT.
LAL.................2.
HAINES INDEX........3 (VERY LOW).

$$

FORECASTER...ROGER CLOUTIER
REQUESTED BY...COIDC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120719.BUCKC.01/PDT