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SPOT FORECAST FOR OPAL LAKE...WILLAMETTE NF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
742 PM PDT THU AUG 1 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1849 PDT ON AUGUST 01.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.BROADCAST DISCUSSION...A DEEP MARINE LAYER WILL BRING CLOUDY AND
MISTY CONDITIONS TO THE FIRE SITE THROUGH ABOUT MIDDAY FRIDAY BEFORE
SKIES BEGIN TO CLEAR. EXPECT GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS DURING
THE DAY BEFORE WINDS DIE DOWN ABRUPTLY LATE FRIDAY EVENING. THE
AIRMASS WILL THEN BEGIN TO DRY OUT AS RIDGETOP WINDS TURN LIGHT
NORTHEASTERLY SATURDAY INTO EARLY SUNDAY.

.DISCUSSION...A DEEP MARINE LAYER WILL BRING CLOUDY AND MISTY
CONDITIONS TO THE FIRE SITE THROUGH ABOUT MIDDAY FRIDAY BEFORE SKIES
BEGIN TO CLEAR. EXPECT GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS DURING THE DAY
BEFORE WINDS DIE DOWN ABRUPTLY LATE FRIDAY EVENING. ANOTHER NIGHT
OF GOOD RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERIES IS EXPECTED. HOWEVER...THE
AIRMASS WILL THEN BEGIN TO DRY OUT AS RIDGETOP WINDS TURN LIGHT
NORTHEASTERLY SATURDAY INTO EARLY SUNDAY. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW
PRESSURE WILL THEN LINGER OFF THE COAST...BRINGING A RENEWED CHANCE
FOR MAINLY ISOLATED AND RELATIVELY DRY THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE
WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. /NEUMAN


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY WITH OCCASIONAL MIST.
CWR (%).............2 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 45.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST-NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 12
                    MPH DECREASING TO 3 TO 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.


.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY WITH OCCASIONAL MIST IN THE MORNING...BECOMING
                    PARTLY CLOUDY AFTER 1100.
CWR (%).............1 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 63.
MIN HUMIDITY........45 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST-NORTHEAST WINDS INCREASING TO 9 TO 12 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS TO 25 MPH AFTER 1200.


.FRIDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
CWR (%).............0 PERCENT
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 42.
MAX HUMIDITY........92 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST-NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 18 MPH
                    EARLY IN THE EVENING...DECREASING TO DOWN SLOPE 1 TO
                    3 MPH AFTER 2200.

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FORECASTER...NEUMAN
REQUESTED BY...LOVATO
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130801.OPALL.02/PQR