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SPOT FORECAST FOR BUCKHEAD...USFS WNF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
622 PM PDT FRI AUG 10 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1757 PDT ON AUGUST 10.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.BROADCAST DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT STRENGTHENS A BIT OVER
THE WEEKEND...REDUCING THE ONSHORE COMPONENT AND RESULTING IN
SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVERAGE DAYTIME TEMPERATURES. LITTLE CHANGE IN THE
WEATHER PATTERN THIS WEEKEND...WITH SLOW WARMING AND DRYING TREND
THIS WEEKEND. THERMAL TROUGH OVER THE COAST RANGE ON SATURDAY WILL
SHIFT TOWARDS THE CASCADES ON SUNDAY. THOUGH WINDS WILL NOT BE ALL
THAT STRONG...THE WINDS MAY MORE ERRATIC AND SQUIRRELY BY
AFTERNOON.


.SATURDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
CWR (%).............0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....82-85.
MIN HUMIDITY........NEAR 25 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT UPSLOPE...BECOMING NORTH 2-4 MPH BY THE
                       AFTERNOON.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE 1-3 MPH IN THE MORNING...THEN
                       NORTH TO NORTHEAST 3-6 MPH.
VISIBILITY..........10 MILES OR MORE.
CEILING.............NONE.

SATURDAY BI-HOURLY WEATHER DETAILS
   TIME (PDT)        8 AM    10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM
   TEMP............    58     66     73     80     83     81
   RH..............    67%    42%    34%    28%    24%    28%
   20 FT WIND......   E 1     E 2   NE 3    N 4    N 3    N 2
       MAX GUST.....                   5      8      6      6
   EYE LEVEL WIND..   E 2    NE 3   NE 3    N 4    N 5   NW 5
       MAX GUST.....            5      6     10      8      8


.SATURDAY NIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
CWR (%).............0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....53 TO 56.
MAX HUMIDITY........NEAR 80 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH 2-4 MPH TIL 2200...THEN LIGHT DRAINAGE.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH TO NORTHWEST 3-6 MPH UNTIL 2300...THEN WIND
                    BECOMING LIGHT DRAINAGE.
VISIBILITY..........10 MILES OR MORE.
CEILING.............NONE.


.SUNDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
CWR (%).............0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....85-88.
MIN HUMIDITY........NEAR 25 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT UPSLOPE...BECOMING NORTH 1-3 MPH BY THE
                       AFTERNOON.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE 1-3 MPH IN THE MORNING...NORTH TO
                       NORTHWEST 2-5 MPH.
VISIBILITY..........10 MILES OR MORE.
CEILING.............NONE.


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FORECASTER...ROCKEY
REQUESTED BY...SHALYN WHITSON
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120810.BUCKH.01/PQR