FNUS76 KPDT 071451
FWSPDT

SPOT FORECAST FOR INCIDENT 158 SKOOKUM...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
751 AM PDT WED AUG 7 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0724 PDT ON AUGUST 07.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...A SOUTHERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL PERSIST OVER THE AREA
TODAY...WITH LOWER LEVEL NORTHERLY WINDS. THE SOUTHERLY FLOW ALOFT
WILL HELP TO BRING MORE UNSTABLE AIR JUST SOUTH OF THE BURN AREA
TODAY. WINDS WILL BE MAINLY UPSLOPE THIS MORNING AND WILL BECOME
NORTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION IS NOT EXPECTED
TODAY...AND THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION THURSDAY.
THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT COOLING TREND TODAY AND THURSDAY COMPARED TO
WEDNESDAY'S MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES.  HUMIDITY RECOVERY WILL STILL BE
POOR AT NIGHT...AND LOW DURING THE DAYTIME.

***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***

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. A
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING
                    THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH OF THE BURN AREA.
CWR.................0.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....88.
MIN HUMIDITY........11 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE LESS THAN 5 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 3 TO
                    7 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
RIDGETOP WIND.......WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH...INCREASING TO THE
                    NORTHWEST 8 TO 12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
LAL.................2.
HAINES INDEX........4 (LOW).

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....59.
MAX HUMIDITY........52 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 12 MPH SHIFTING TO DRAINAGE
                    3 TO 5 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING.
RIDGETOP WIND.......NORTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 12 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    DECREASING 5 TO 8 MPH OVERNIGHT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........5 (MODERATE).

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. A
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....83.
MIN HUMIDITY........20 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE LESS THAN 5 MPH IN THE
                    MORNING...BECOMING NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 12 MPH.
RIDGETOP WIND.......NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE
                    MORNING...SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 8 TO 10 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
LAL.................2.
HAINES INDEX........4 (LOW).

$$
FORECASTER...DOUGLAS WEBER
REQUESTED BY...KRISTEN MARSHALL
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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