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SPOT FORECAST FOR BIRDIE 45 44...USDA WILLAMETTE NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
444 PM PDT TUE MAY 7 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1545 PDT ON MAY 07.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.BROADCAST DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE THE BENIGN
WEATHER OVER THE AREA WITH SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES AND AFTERNOON
HUMIDITIES INCREASING EVER SO SLIGHTLY THROUGH FRIDAY. A FRONT WILL
PUSH INTO THE REGION LATE THIS WEEKEND...BRINGING COOLER TEMPERATURES
AND A THREAT OF RAIN BY SUNDAY.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO DOMINATE OUR WEATHER
FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS BRINGING RELATIVELY PERSISTENT CONDITIONS
WITH UPSLOPE/SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS EACH AFTERNOON AND CALM TO VERY
LIGHT DOWN VALLEY WINDS EACH NIGHT. THERE IS A VERY SMALL CHANCE A
SHOWER COULD IMPACT THE CASCADE CREST EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING...
BUT THE THREAT APPEARS SMALL ENOUGH WE WILL MAINTAIN A DRY FORECAST.

A COLD FRONT APPROACHING THE REGION WILL CAUSE SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS
AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO INCREASE SUBSTANTIALLY SATURDAY INTO
SATURDAY NIGHT. MODELS GENERALLY AGREE RAIN...POSSIBLY WETTING...WILL
ARRIVE SUNDAY. GIVEN THE PATTERN...MODELS MAY VERY WELL BE TOO WET
AND 6 TO 12 HRS TOO FAST THIS FAR OUT THOUGH SO CONFIDENCE ON TIMING
IS MODEST AT BEST.

***INTERNET BRIEFINGS WILL BE CONDUCTED MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
 SAME TIME...PHONE NUMBER AND PASSCODE. ***



.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR (%).............0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73 TO 75.
MIN HUMIDITY........36 TO 39 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........CALM TO DOWN SLOPE 1 TO 2 MPH TURNING TO 3 TO
                    5 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 10 MPH OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST/
                    UPSLOPE AFTER 10 AM. EXPECT SOUTHWEST WINDS TO
                    DECREASE TO 2 TO 4 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 8 MPH
                    AFTER 6 PM.

TIME (PDT)      6 AM  8 AM  10 AM NOON  2 PM  4 PM  6 PM  8 PM
SKY (%).........0     0     0     5     10    15    20    20
WEATHER TYPE....NONE  NONE  NONE  NONE  NONE  NONE  NONE  NONE
TEMP............46    50    58    65    72    74    69    61
RH..............87    78    60    47    39    37    40    60
20 FT WIND......N 1   N 1   S 2   SW 3  SW 4  SW 4  SW 3  SW 3
   MAX GUST.....2     2     3     7     9     10    9     7
CWR.............0     0     0     0     0     0     0     0

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FORECASTER...NEUMAN/WILDE
REQUESTED BY...NICK WHITE
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130507.BIRDI.02/PQR