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FNUS76 KPDT 280400
FWSPDT

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR PARK...ODF PVL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
859 PM PDT SAT AUG 27 2005

IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...INCREASING WINDS WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES SUNDAY AFTERNOON...

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE CURRENTLY OVER THE FIRE WILL BE PUSHED 
EAST ON SUNDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL PACIFIC TROUGH MOVES ONSHORE. 
THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE BURN AREA BETWEEN 
500 AND 600 PM ON SUNDAY. BREEZY AND GUSTY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE 
FRONT...ALONG WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES AND HIGHER RELATIVE 
HUMIDITIES SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. THE FRONTAL PASSAGE IS EXPECTED 
TO BE DRY AT THE BURN AREA ALTHOUGH THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF 
SHOWERS SUNDAY NIGHT ON MOUNT BACHELOR AND ALONG THE CRESTS OF THE 
CASCADES IN SOUTHWEST DESCHUTES COUNTY. THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL 
MOVE OVER THE BURN AREA ON MONDAY BRINGING INSTABILITY AND A SLIGHT 
CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS.


***WINDS ARE 20 FOOT 10 MINUTE AVERAGES***
***FORECAST IS VALID FOR 12 HOURS AFTER ISSUANCE***

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR. 
MIN TEMPERATURE.....34-36. 
MAX HUMIDITY........86-88 PERCENT. 
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 1 TO 8 MPH. 
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 3 TO 11 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT. 
LAL.................1. 
HAINES INDEX........4 (LOW). 

        TEMPERATURE     HUMIDITY   20 FT WIND

2100        68             36      W 1-4 MPH
2300        58             42      SW 1-4 MPH
0100        49             58      SW 2-6 MPH
0300        43             65      SW 2-6 MPH
0500        38             79      SW 3-8 MPH
0700        35             87      W 1-4 MPH
0800        42             68      SW 2-5 MPH

.SUNDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. 
MAX TEMPERATURE.....88-90 
MIN HUMIDITY........18-20 PERCENT. 
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WEST WINDS 3 TO 8 MPH UNTIL NOON THEN      
                    INCREASING TO 6 TO 12 MPH UNTIL 5 PM...THEN
                    SHIFTING TO WEST WINDS 10 TO 18 MPH WITH GUSTS 
                    TO 35 MPH.          
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH UNTIL NOON THEN   
                    INCREASING TO 8 TO 14 MPH UNTIL 5PM...THEN 
                    SHIFTING TO WEST WINDS 10 TO 18 MPH WITH GUSTS 
                    TO 35 MPH. 
CWR.................0 PERCENT. 
LAL.................1. 
HAINES INDEX........3 (VERY LOW). 

.SUNDAY NIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. 
MIN TEMPERATURE.....41-43. 
MAX HUMIDITY........90-94 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 18 MPH WITH 
                    GUSTS TO 35 MPH UNTIL 0100...THEN DECREASING TO  
                    6 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH UNTIL 0300...
                    THEN NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.    
RIDGETOP WIND.......WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 18 MPH WITH 
                    GUSTS TO 35 MPH UNTIL 0100...THEN DECREASING TO  
                    8 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH UNTIL 0300...
                    THEN NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
CWR......................0 PERCENT. 
LAL......................1. 
HAINES INDEX.............3 (VERY LOW). 

$$
FORECASTER...ALAN POLAN
REQUESTED BY...PHIL HORTON
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20050827.PARK.01/PDT