FNUS76 KPQR 200101
FWSPQR

SPOT FORECAST FOR HAND LAKE...FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
601 PM PDT MON AUG 19 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1734 PDT ON AUGUST 19.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A STABLE WEST FLOW ALOFT WILL PREVAIL THROUGH
TUESDAY. THE ONSHORE COMPONENT WEAKENS TUESDAY...WHICH WILL ALLOW
A COUPLE DEGREES OF WARMING. AN UPPER LOW SITTING OFF THE CENTRAL
CALIFORNIA COAST WILL START TO DRIFT NORTH WEDNESDAY...BUT AS IT
DOES SO THE RIDGE AHEAD OF IT WILL STRENGTHEN A BIT. WEDNESDAY
WILL BE THE WARMEST DAY OF THE WEEK WITH MINIMAL ONSHORE FLOW
AND A BROAD BUT WEAK THERMAL TROUGH OVER THE FIRE. UNSTABLE
SOUTH FLOW ALOFT WILL DEVELOP LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS THE LOW
CONTINUES TO DRIFT NORTH TO NORTHEAST. MODELS DIFFER ON THE SPEED
AND TRACK OF THE LOW...WHICH WILL MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN WHETHER
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP. SCATTERED LIGHTNING IS A POSSIBILITY
BY THURSDAY...BUT CONFIDENCE IS NOT HIGH.



.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR (%).............0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....76-80.
MIN HUMIDITY........28-36 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE 1 TO 5 MPH.
VISIBILITY..........GREATER THAN 10 MILES.

TIME (PDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY (%).........0      0      0      10     10     10
TEMP............45     49     63     73     75     77
RH..............98     88     54     36     32     30
20 FT WIND......VRB 1  VRB 1  VRB 2  UP 2   UP 3   UP 3
   MAX GUST.....                     4      6      7


.TUESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
CWR (%).............0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....40-45.
MAX HUMIDITY........ABOVE 85 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE 1 TO 4 MPH...BECOMING DOWNSLOPE AFTER
                    2100.
VISIBILITY..........GREATER THAN 10 MILES.


.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
CWR (%).............0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....77-81.
MIN HUMIDITY........26-33 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE 1 TO 5 MPH.
VISIBILITY..........GREATER THAN 10 MILES.


.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS OR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR (%).............5 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....44-49.
MAX HUMIDITY........78-88 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE 1 TO 4 MPH...BECOMING LIGHT AFTER 2100.
                    ERRATIC WINDS NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORMS.
VISIBILITY..........GREATER THAN 10 MILES.


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FORECASTER...COLLINS
REQUESTED BY...SHALYN WHITSON
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130819.HANDL.01/PQR