FNUS76 KPQR 202309
FWSPQR

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

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1529 PDT ON AUGUST 20.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...UPPER LOW PRESSURE OFFSHORE WILL CROSS TUESDAY. MAY
SEE SOME MORNING ALTOCUMULUS BUT BEST CHANCES OF CONVECTION EXPECTED
EAST OF THE AREA. SURFACE INVERSION DISSIPATES AROUND 1000 HRS BUT A
MID LEVEL INVERSION WILL LIMIT MIXING BELOW 6500 FEET UNTIL EARLY
AFTERNOON. INVERSIONS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN LATE EVENING AND LIMIT
RIDGETOP HUMIDITY RECOVERY FOR TUESDAY NIGHT.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN CLEARING LATE
CWR (%).............0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....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).

.TUESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR (%).............0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....47.
MAX HUMIDITY........70 PERCENT THEN THEN DECREASING TO 35-45 PERCENT
                    OVERNIGHT..
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH BECOMING DRAINAGE
                    LESS THAN 5 MPH OVERNIGHT.
HAINES INDEX(HIGH)..2 (VERY LOW).


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FORECASTER...JBONK
REQUESTED BY...AMY HARPOLE
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120820.STEEP.02/PQR