FNUS76 KPQR 282323
FWSPQR

SPOT FORECAST FOR TABLE ROCK SEARCH...CLACKAMAS CTY SHERIFF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
423 PM PDT SUN OCT 28 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 1545 PDT ON OCTOBER 28.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE CONTINUES TO STREAM IN FROM THE
PACIFIC AS A PERSISTENT SOUTHWESTERLY JET GUIDES AN ATMOSPHERIC
RIVER NORTHEAST FROM HAWAII TO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. THIS PATTERN
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST TUESDAY...BRINGING PERIODS OF HEAVY
RAIN TO THE DISTRICT. SUBTROPICAL AIR WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES WARM
WITH ONLY THE HIGHEST CASCADE PEAKS EXPECTED TO GET SNOW. LATER THIS
WEEK THE PATTERN WILL FINALLY BREAK UP AS OUR STALLED FRONT MOVES
EAST OF THE CASCADES AND COOLER LOW PRESSURE MOVES IN FROM THE
PACIFIC.

IN MORE DETAIL...ONE SURGE OF MOISTURE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA
TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY WITH HEAVY RAIN AT TIMES. THE RAIN WILL
DECREASE LATER MONDAY AND MONDAY EVENING AS WE ARE IN BETWEEN
DISTURBANCES. THE WARM FRONT FROM THE NEXT DEVELOPING
SYSTEM/DISTURBANCE WILL SPREAD IN TUESDAY WITH MORE RAIN...BUT THE
NEXT HEAVIEST RAIN PERIOD WILL PROBABLY BE TUESDAY NIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY AS THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT MOVES ONSHORE.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (95-100 PERCENT). RAIN.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 48.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH. GUSTS TO 40 TO 50
                    MPH UP NEAR 5000 FEET.
VISIBILITY..........LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES ESPECIALLY AROUND
                    HIGHER TERRAIN.
CEILING.............LESS THAN 1000 FEET AGL WITH MOUNTAINS OBSCURED.
FREEZING LEVEL......10568 FT.
RAINFALL AMOUNT.....1.26 INCHES.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT). RAIN...LETTING UP SOME
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 54.
MIN HUMIDITY........92 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 13 TO 21 MPH. GUSTS 30 TO 40 MPH
                    UP NEAR 5000 FEET IN THE MORNING...DECREASING IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
VISIBILITY..........LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES ESPECIALLY AROUND
                    HIGHER TERRAIN.
CEILING.............LESS THAN 1000 FEET AGL WITH MOUNTAINS OBSCURED.
FREEZING LEVEL......9632 FT.
RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.52 INCHES.

$$
FORECASTER...TOLLESON
REQUESTED BY...RICK HEUCHERT
REASON FOR REQUEST...SAR
.TAG 20121028.TABLE.01/PQR