FNUS76 KPQR 170022
FWSPQR

SPOT FORECAST FOR WIND KNOBS UNIT 1   2...OR-GRT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
522 PM PDT TUE OCT 16 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PDT ON OCTOBER 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE IN PLACE OVER THE REGION
TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. WE WILL SEE LIGHT WINDS OVERNIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY...AND THIS COMBINED WITH THE WET GROUND AND CLEAR SKIES
WILL LEAD TO SOME MORNING FOG. THERMAL LOW PRESSURE WILL BE FOUND
IN N CALIFORNIA ON WEDNESDAY...WITH A WEAK THERMAL TROUGH
EXTENDING TO SW OREGON. THIS WILL ALLOW WINDS TO HAVE AN EAST
DRIFT TO THEM OVER THE COAST RANGE...WITH A NORTH COMPONENT AS
WELL...SO GENERALLY LIGHT NE TO N WINDS.

THE NEXT FRONT WILL PUSH INTO THE REGION LATER THURSDAY NIGHT AND
FRIDAY WITH MORE RAIN...WITH COOL WEATHER AND OCCASIONAL RAIN INTO
EARLY NEXT WEEK.

.WEDNESDAY (17 OCTOBER)...

SKY/WEATHER.........PATCHY MORNING FOG UNTIL 1000...THEN
x09x09    MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....55-58.
MIN HUMIDITY........50-55 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT NORTHEAST WINDS TO 2 MPH IN THE MORNING...
                    INCREASING TO 3-5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.


TIME (PDT)           8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
CLOUD COVER (%)..... 70%    50%    20%    20%    25%
TEMP................ 35     43     51     55     55
RH (%).............. 95%    79%    63%    56%    54%
20 FT WIND.......... NE 1   NE 1   NE 3   NE 4   NE 4
   MAX GUST.........               6      8      8

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FORECASTER...DONOFRIO
REQUESTED BY...JEFF NEPSTAD
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20121017.WINDK.01/PQR