FNUS76 KPQR 171628
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SPOT FORECAST FOR BASKETT SLOUGH RX...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
928 AM PDT WED OCT 17 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 PDT ON OCTOBER 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...NEXT FRONTAL SYSTEM THURSDAY NIGHT...

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL RESIDE OVER THE WILLAMETTE
VALLEY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...THEN SHIFT EAST IN THE AFTERNOON.
LIGHT OFFSHORE GRADIENTS WILL EXIST TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING
THEN SWITCH ONSHORE BY LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE NEXT FRONTAL
SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE CENTRAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY LATE THURSDAY
EVENING. EXPECT WETTING RAIN AMOUNTS THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL MARK
THE BEGINNING OF A COOL AND UNSETTLE REGIME THAT IS EXPECTED TO LAST
THROUGH OVER THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK.


.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. INCREASING CLOUDS MID TO LATE
                    AFTERNOON. AREAS OF FOG IN THE MORNING.
CWR (%).............0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MID TO UPPER 60S.
MIN HUMIDITY........43 TO 49 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST 2 TO 6 MPH THROUGH NOON THEN NORTHWEST.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN THROUGH 2200 THEN INCREASING
                    RAIN. RAIN TURNING TO SHOWERS LATE.
CWR (%).............80 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....46 TO 49.
MAX HUMIDITY........90-100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST TO NORTHWEST 2 TO 6 MPH EARLY THEN SOUTH 5 TO
                    10 MPH.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SHOWERS LIKELY.
CWR (%).............50 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....NEAR 60.
MIN HUMIDITY........65 TO 75 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE MORNING THEN SOUTHWEST
                    7 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH.

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FORECASTER...WEISHAAR
REQUESTED BY...GREG HAGEDORN
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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