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SPOT FORECAST FOR FINLEY RX...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
1058 AM PDT THU OCT 18 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 PDT ON OCTOBER 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...SWITCH TO SOUTH WIND DIRECTION THIS AFTERNOON...

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL SHIFT WELL EAST OF THE CASCADES
BY THIS AFTERNOON AS THE NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM APPROACHES THE COAST. FOG
AND LOW CLOUDS HAVE BEEN PERSISTENT IN THE SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY
THIS MORNING BUT WILL ERODE AWAY BY MIDDAY. EXPECT A SUBTLE WIND
DIRECTION SHIFT TO THE SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO
REACH THE FINLEY REFUGE AROUND MIDNIGHT. NOT LOOKING FOR WETTING
RAIN AMOUNTS TONIGHT...BUT A MUCH BETTER CHANCE FRIDAY. A SECONDARY
FRONT MOVES THROUGH LATE FRIDAY. A COOL AND MOIST AIR MASS WILL
BE OVER THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY THIS WEEKEND.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........AREAS OF FOG AND LOW CLOUDS THROUGH 1200 THEN
                    HIGH CLOUDS.
CWR (%).............0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....61 TO 64.
MIN HUMIDITY........40-45 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE TO 5 MPH THROUGH 1200 THEN WEST TO
                    NORTHWEST 3 TO 6 MPH. WIND SHIFTING TO SOUTH
                    AROUND 1500.

TIME (PDT)      1200      1400     1600

TEMP............54-56     61-64    61-64
RH..............78-83%    43-48%   40-45%
20 FT WIND......VRBL 0-5  W-NW 2-6 S 2-6
   MAX GUST.....5          10       10


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........INCREASING CLOUDS. A CHANCE OF RAIN FROM 2100
                    TO MIDNIGHT THEN RAIN LIKELY.
CWR (%).............30 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 50.
MAX HUMIDITY........88-94 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH 4 TO 8 MPH.
RAINFALL AMT (IN)...0.03 TO 0.10 INCHES.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY.
CWR (%).............50 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 60.
MIN HUMIDITY........73-79 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH 4 TO 8 MPH IN THE MORNING THEN SOUTH TO
                    SOUTHWEST 6 TO 11 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH.
RAINFALL AMT (IN)...0.15 TO 0.25 INCHES.

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