FNUS76 KPDT 070306
FWSPDT

SPOT FORECAST FOR MAJOR CREEK...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
805 PM PDT SAT JUL 6 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1936 PDT ON JULY 06.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...IT WILL BE DRY FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS WITH MOSTLY
CLEAR SKIES.  COOLER AIR ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE GORGE WILL FILTER
INTO THE EAST SIDES AND WILL CAUSE WINDS TO INCREASE THROUGH THE
EAST SIDE OF THE COLUMBIA GORGE LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING
WITH STRONGER WINDS MONDAY AFTERNOON.



***THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS***
***WINDS ARE 20 FOOT 10 MINUTE AVERAGES***
***CWR-CHANCE OF WETTING RAIN 0.10 OR GREATER***
***FORECAST IS VALID FOR 12 HOURS AFTER ISSUANCE***

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....91.
MIN HUMIDITY........24 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 3-5 MPH...BECOMING NORTHWEST 4-8 MPH
                    AFTER 12 PM INCREASING TO 7-12 MPH GUSTING TO 23
                    MPH AFTER 3 PM.
RIDGETOP WIND.......WEST WINDS 3-5 MPH...INCREASING TO 5-10 MPH
                    AFTER 12 MPH THEN 8-15 MPH GUSTING TO 25 MPH AFTER
                    3 PM.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE INCREASING TO 4500 FT AGL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 6 TO 7 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........4 (LOW).

.SUNDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
CWR.................0.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....62.
MAX HUMIDITY........74 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 8-14 MPH GUSTING TO 25
                    MPH...GRADUALLY DECREASING TO 5-11 MPH
                    OVERNIGHT.
RIDGETOP WIND.......WEST WINDS 8-15 MPH GUSTING TO 25 MPH...GRADUALLY
                    DECREASING TO 5-11 MPH OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4500 FT AGL DECREASING TO NEAR SURFACE AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 10 TO 16 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........4 (LOW).

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....89.
MIN HUMIDITY........30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5-11 MPH...INCREASING TO 10-15 MPH
                    GUSTING TO 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGETOP WIND.......WEST WIND 5-11 MPH...INCREASING TO 12-18 MPH GUSTING
                    TO 30 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE INCREASING TO 3500 FT AGL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 8 TO 9 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........4 (LOW).

$$

FORECASTER...MARY WISTER
REQUESTED BY...ROLAND ROSE - IC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130706.MAJOR.01/PDT