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SPOT FORECAST FOR STEEPLE ROCK COMPLEX...WILLAMETTE NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
644 PM PDT SAT AUG 18 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1808 PDT ON AUGUST 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING...


.DISCUSSION...ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ALONG THE
CASCADE CREST THROUGH 10 PM PDT...JUST EAST OF THE WILDFIRE SITE. THE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN EAST OF THE AREA AND DRIFT INTO CENTRAL OREGON
THIS EVENING. THE THUNDERSTORM THREAT WILL DIMINISH AFTER 11 PM. TEMPERATURES
AND RH VALUES ON SUNDAY WILL BE SIMILAR TO SATURDAY...PERHAPS A COUPLE
DEGREES COOLER ON SUNDAY.  COOLER WEATHER IS EXPECTED THE FIRST PART OF
NEXT WEEK.  NO WETTING RAINS ARE ANTICIPATED.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR (%).............5 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....55 TO 57.
MAX HUMIDITY........75 TO 85 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 9 MPH BECOMING NORTH LATE
                    IN THE EVENING...THEN SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH BECOMING NORTH LATE
                    IN THE EVENING...THEN SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
VISIBILITY..........5SM WITH SMOKE AND HAZE
CEILING.............NONE

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR (%).............0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....76 TO 80.
MIN HUMIDITY........58 TO 60 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS AROUND 2 TO 4 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST
                    LATE IN THE MORNING. WINDS WILL INCREASE AND
                    SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST 5 TO 9 MPH EARLY IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS AROUND 3 TO 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST
                    IN THE MORNING. WINDS WILL INCREASE AND
                    SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST 6 TO 10 MPH EARLY IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
VISIBILITY..........5 TO 6 SM
CEILING.............NO CEILING AT SITE...BUT CEILINGS 1500 FT TO THE WEST
                    IN LOWER VALLEYS.

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