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SPOT FORECAST FOR COLLINS PILE BURN...USFS MH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
445 AM PST SUN DEC 16 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0700 PST ON DECEMBER 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...BREEZY CONDITIONS DEVELOPING MONDAY...


.DISCUSSION...A STRONG SURFACE LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL MOVE INTO
NORTHWEST WASHINGTON EARLY MONDAY MORNING. AN ABRUPT SHIFT TO ONSHORE
LOW-LEVEL FLOW WILL DEVELOP IN THE WESTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE MONDAY
MORNING...RESULTING IN BREEZY CONDITIONS. THE ONSHORE PATTERN CONTINUES
MONDAY AFTERNOON...AND THEN WEAKENS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. EXPECT
SOUTHWEST TO WEST TRANSPORT WIND MONDAY.


.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. RAIN IN THE MORNING...THEN RAIN
                    SHOWERS.
CWR (%).............100 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....41 TO 44.
MIN HUMIDITY........76 TO 82 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST TO WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS
                    TO 40 MPH.  WIND EASING TO 10 TO 18 MPH LATE
                    IN THE DAY WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH.
CEILING.............1000 TO 1500 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL THROUGH
                    MIDDAY THEN 2000 TO 3000 FEET.
RAINFALL AMT (IN)...0.50 TO 0.70 INCHES.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST TO WEST 25 TO 40 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    THEN SOUTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH.

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FORECASTER...WEISHAAR
REQUESTED BY...BC2- ROLAND ROSE
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20121217.COLLI.01/PQR