FNUS76 KPQR 201842
FWSPQR

SPOT FORECAST FOR STEEPLE ROCK COMPLEX...USFS WNF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
1142 AM PDT MON AUG 20 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1054 PDT ON AUGUST 20.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...FAIRLY TYPICAL SUMMERTIME DAY IN STORE WITH LOW
PRESSURE OFFSHORE BRINGING SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT. MAY SEE SOME
CUMULUS DEVELOP NEAR THE CREST LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WITH
BEST CHANCES FOR CONVECTION EXPECTED EAST OF THE INCIDENT. INVERSION
OVERNIGHT WILL BRING A MODEST HUMIDITY RECOVERY EARLY THEN SETTLING
IN THE 30-40 PERCENT RANGE FOR MOST OF THE NIGHT. UPPER LOW CROSSES
THE AREA TUESDAY WITH CUMULUS DISSIPATING TOWARDS LATE AFTERNOON.



.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. SOME CUMULUS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR (%).............0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....74.
MIN HUMIDITY........26 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE 4 TO 8 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 4 TO 8 MPH
                    IN AROUND 1600 HRS
HAINES INDEX(HIGH)..4 (LOW).

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR (%).............0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 49.
MAX HUMIDITY........80 PERCENT THEN DECREASING TO 30-40 PERCENT
                    OVERNIGHT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 6-9 MPH BECOMING LIGHT LESS
                    THAN 5 MPH AFTER 0200.
HAINES INDEX(HIGH)..4 (LOW).

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN CLEARING LATE
CWR (%).............0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 65.
MIN HUMIDITY........36 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS LESS THAN 5 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST
                    6-10 MPH AFTER 1300 HRS.
HAINES INDEX(HIGH)..3 (VERY LOW).

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FORECASTER...JBONK
REQUESTED BY...AMY HARPOLE
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120820.STEEP.01/PQR