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SPOT FORECAST FOR BUCKHEAD...USFS WNF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
916 PM PDT THU AUG 9 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2032 PDT ON AUGUST 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.


.DISCUSSION...ANOTHER ONSHORE PUSH OF MARINE AIR IS EXPECTED
TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING...BUT SHOULD BE SHALLOWER THAN THAT
SEEN TODAY. THE INCIDENT AT 3000 FT MAY ACTUALLY BE ABOVE THE
SHALLOWER MARINE LAYER...AND THUS EXPECT THAT THE INCIDENT WILL
REMAIN CLOUD FREE. GENERALLY EXPECT VERY SIMILAR TEMPERATURE AND
HUMIDITY CONDITIONS OF THAT OBSERVED LAST NIGHT AND DURING THE DAY
ON THURSDAY. OBSERVATIONS FROM THIS AFTERNOON INDICATED UPSLOPE
FLOW DOMINATED. GIVEN FULL SHELTERING...THIS IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE
ON FRIDAY. NOTE THAT THE PREVAILING FLOW ALOFT IS FROM THE NORTHWEST.

VERY DRY CONDITIONS LOOK TO EXIST RIGHT ABOVE THE ELEVATION OF THE
FIRE...THUS THE MODERATE HAINES INDEX VALUES NOTED BELOW.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
CWR (%).............0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 55.
MAX HUMIDITY....... 75-80 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SE WINDS LESS THAN 3 MPH BECOMING LIGHT AFTER
    2300.
HAINES INDEX(HIGH)..5 (MODERATE).

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........A FEW MORNING CLOUDS...THEN SUNNY.
CWR (%).............0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72-75.
MIN HUMIDITY........38-43 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE WINDS TO 4 MPH INCREASING TO UP TO 7 MPH
IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX(HIGH)..5 (MODERATE).


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FORECASTER...DONOFRIO
REQUESTED BY...SHALYN WHITSON
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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