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SPOT FORECAST FOR BUCKHEAD...USFS WNF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
616 PM PDT SAT AUG 11 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1749 PDT ON AUGUST 11.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...EXPECT A LITTLE WARMER CONDITIONS SUNDAY AS HIGH
PRESSURE ALOFT STRENGTHENS AND THE ONSHORE COMPONENT WEAKENS. THERE
WILL BE AREAS OF DAYTIME HUMIDITY CLOSE TO 25 PERCENT...MAINLY ON
THE HIGHER RIDGES OF THE CASCADES. THE SOUTH PORTION OF ZONE 608
COULD BE INFLUENCED BY A THERMAL TROUGH PASSAGE SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
THIS WOULD IMPACT ONGOING FIRES IN THAT AREA BY BRINGING LOCALLY
WARM CONDITIONS...WITH ERRATIC AND SQUIRRELY WINDS.

AN UPPER RIDGE WILL BE CENTERED OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST BY
THURSDAY. THIS WILL BRING VERY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS...WITH
POTENTIAL FOR HAINES 5 OR 6 CONDITIONS.


.SUNDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. HAZY OR SMOKY CONDITIONS AT TIMES.
CWR (%).............0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....82-85.
MIN HUMIDITY........NEAR 35 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT UPSLOPE...BECOMING WEST TO NORTHWEST
                      2-4 MPH BY AFTERNOON.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE 1-3 MPH IN THE MORNING...THEN WEST TO
                      NORTHWEST 4-7 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............    59     68     75     80     83     82
   RH..............    66%    44%    38%    37%    32%    34%
   20 FT WIND......   S 1     SW 2   W 2    NW 3   NW 3   NW 2
       MAX GUST.....                   5       7      6      6
   EYE LEVEL WIND..   S 2     SW 3   W 4    NW 6   NW 6   NW 5
       MAX GUST.....                   7      10      9      9


.SUNDAY NIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
CWR (%).............0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....NEAR 55.
MAX HUMIDITY........NEAR 85 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST TO NORTHWEST 2-4 MPH TIL 2200...THEN LIGHT
                      DRAINAGE.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST TO NORTHWEST 3-6 MPH UNTIL 2300...THEN WIND
                    BECOMING LIGHT DRAINAGE.
VISIBILITY..........10 MILES OR MORE.
CEILING.............NONE.

.MONDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. HAZY OR SMOKY CONDITIONS AT TIMES.
CWR (%).............0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....82-85.
MIN HUMIDITY........30-35 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT UPSLOPE...BECOMING WEST TO NORTHWEST
                      2-4 MPH BY AFTERNOON.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE 1-3 MPH IN THE MORNING...THEN WEST TO
                      NORTHWEST 4-7 MPH.
VISIBILITY..........10 MILES OR MORE.
CEILING.............NONE.



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FORECASTER...ROCKEY
REQUESTED BY...CHUCK GLADNEY
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120811.BUCKH.01/PQR