FNUS76 KPDT 201205 FWSPDT SPOT FORECAST FOR SHOOFLY...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 505 AM PDT FRI JUL 20 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0052 PDT ON JULY 20. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SWING NORTHEAST ACROSS THE FIRE AREA THIS MORNING AND EXIT THE AREA BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE BEST CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. HOWEVER THERE MAY BE SOME SUN BREAKS BEFORE ANY THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP. DRIER AND MORE STABLE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. ***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 IN THE MORNING...DECREASING IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................30. MAX TEMPERATURE.....81-83. MIN HUMIDITY........25-27 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST 4 TO 9 MPH THIS MORNING INCREASING TO NORTHWEST 7 TO 13 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTHWEST 6 TO 12 MPH THIS MORNING INCREASING TO NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. LAL.................2. HAINES INDEX........3 (VERY LOW). .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........BECOMING MOSTLY CLEAR. CWR.................0. MIN TEMPERATURE.....48-50. MAX HUMIDITY........77-80 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST 6 TO 12 MPH EARLY BECOMING DRAINAGE 1 TO 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. RIDGETOP WIND.......NORTHWEST 8 TO 14 MPH THIS EVENING BECOMING SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH 3 TO 7 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. LAL.................1. HAINES INDEX........3 (VERY LOW). $$ FORECASTER...ROGER CLOUTIER REQUESTED BY...COIDC TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120720.SHOOF.01/PDT