FNUS76 KPDT 101655
FWSPDT

SPOT FORECAST FOR BIG PINE...BLM BUD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
955 AM PDT SAT AUG 10 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0915 PDT ON AUGUST 10.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTHWEST OREGON WILL BRING
MID LEVEL MOISTURE AND AN UNSTABLE AIR MASS OVER THE WILDFIRE OVER
THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE
THIS  AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. THESE STORMS WILL INITIALLY HAVE
MINIMAL  RAINFALL...BUT WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY WETTER...ESPECIALLY
UNDER THE THUNDERSTORM CORES. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN
ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY. WINDS  WILL BE GUSTY THIS AFTERNOON...BUT
LIGHTER IN SUNDAY. THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW WINDS COULD REACH 50 MPH.

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

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE MORNING THEN
                    BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE AFTERNOON.
                    SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON BETWEEN 1400 AND 1800.
CWR.................20.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....83.
MIN HUMIDITY........20 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 4 TO 9 MPH.
RIDGETOP WIND.......WEST WINDS 7 TO 11 MPH IN THE MORNING SHIFTING
                    TO WEST 10 TO 18 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH AFTER
                    1500.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 8000 FT AGL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST AROUND 13 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
LAL.................3.
HAINES INDEX........4 (LOW).

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. A
                    CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING.
CWR.................10.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....54.
MAX HUMIDITY........56 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 4 TO 10 MPH.
RIDGETOP WIND.......WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 18 MPH DECREASING
                    TO 4 TO 10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTS TO 25 MPH
                    EARLY IN THE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 2000 FT AGL AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 8 TO 9 MPH.
LAL.................4.
HAINES INDEX........3 (VERY LOW).

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....82.
MIN HUMIDITY........16 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 7 MPH.
RIDGETOP WIND.......WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 10500 FT AGL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 7 TO 10 MPH.
LAL.................3.
HAINES INDEX........4 (LOW).

$$
FORECASTER...ALAN POLAN
REQUESTED BY...IC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130810.BIGPI.02/PDT