Expires:200806111315;;456586 FPUS56 KPQR 102203 ZFPPQR FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR NW OREGON AND SW WASHINGTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 300 PM PDT TUE JUN 10 2008 ...UNSEASONABLY COLD AND WET WEATHER TODAY WILL GRADUALLY GIVE WAY TO PROGRESSIVELY WARMER AND DRIER WEATHER LATER THIS WEEK... .DISCUSSION...A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVED ONSHORE INTO WASHINGTON MONDAY... BRINGING COLD...WET...AND WINDY WEATHER TO THE DISTRICT TODAY. ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS FALLEN AT CASCADE PASS LEVELS...WITH UP TO 6 TO 10 INCHES OF NEW SNOW REPORTED AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. THIS COLD LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE ROCKIES TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...ALLOWING A WARMER RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE TO BUILD OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN RECOVERING WEDNESDAY...REACHING CLOSER TO MID JUNE NORMALS BY THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL ALSO RESULT IN DRIER CONDITIONS AS THE WEEK GOES ON. A STRENGTHENING THERMAL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL VALLEY OF CALIFORNIA AND SW OREGON MAY RESULT IN GUSTY NORTH RIDGETOP WINDS WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT ACROSS WEST-CENTRAL OREGON. OTHERWISE...EXPECT A TYPICAL SUMMERTIME ONSHORE FLOW PATTERN TO DEVELOP BY THE END OF THE WEEK. CHANCE OF WETTING RAIN (CWR) 0.25 INCHES OR GREATER. FORECAST WINDS ARE 10 MINUTE AVERAGES 20 FT ABOVE VEGETATION. THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS. $$ ORZ602-603-WAZ602-111315- AREA 1B...NORTH OREGON COAST RANGE-EAST WILLAPA HILLS 602 AREA 1B...CENTRAL OREGON COAST RANGE 603 300 PM PDT TUE JUN 10 2008 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS...MAINLY NORTH. SOME CLEARING SOUTH LATE. MIN TEMPERATURE.....UPPER 30S TO MID 40S. MAX HUMIDITY........85-100 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS....... VALLEYS/LWR SLOPES...NORTHWEST WIND 9 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH DECREASING TO 2 TO 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. RIDGES/UPR SLOPES....NORTHWEST WIND 10 TO 13 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH BECOMING NORTH 6 TO 8 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. CWR.................LESS THAN 5 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........3 (VERY LOW). LAL.................1. .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....60S VALLEYS...50S PEAKS/RIDGES. MIN HUMIDITY........50-65 PERCENT VALLEYS/SLOPES AND 60-75 PERCENT PEAKS/RIDGES. 20-FOOT WINDS....... VALLEYS/LWR SLOPES...NORTHWEST WIND 2 TO 5 MPH INCREASING TO 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. RIDGES/UPR SLOPES....NORTH WIND 4 TO 6 MPH INCREASING TO NORTHWEST 9 TO 12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. AFTERNOON GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH. CWR.................ZERO. HAINES INDEX........3 (VERY LOW). LAL.................1. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY NORTH. PARTLY CLOUDY SOUTH. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 45. MAX HUMIDITY........85-100 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS....... VALLEYS/LWR SLOPES...NORTHWEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH DECREASING TO 5 MPH OR LESS AFTER MIDNIGHT. RIDGES/UPR SLOPES....NORTH TO NORTHWEST 6 TO 12 MPH. STRONGEST SOUTH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH. CWR.................ZERO. HAINES INDEX........4 (LOW). LAL.................1. .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....UPPER 60S AND 70S. MIN HUMIDITY........35-45 PERCENT EXCEPT 45-55 PERCENT PEAKS/RIDGES. 20-FOOT WINDS....... VALLEYS/LWR SLOPES...NORTHEAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON. RIDGES/UPR SLOPES....NORTH WIND 6 TO 12 MPH. GUSTS TO 20 MPH. CWR.................ZERO. HAINES INDEX........4 (LOW). LAL.................1. .EXTENDED... .FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 45 TO 55. HIGHS IN THE 70S. MINIMUM RH 35 TO 45 PERCENT. NORTHWEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. .SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 40S TO LOWER 50S. HIGHS IN THE 70S. MINIMUM RH 35 TO 45 PERCENT. NORTHWEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. .SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. HIGHS AROUND 70. MINIMUM RH 45 TO 55 PERCENT. NORTHWEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. && TEMPERATURE / HUMIDITY ABERNATHY 41 55 44 68 / 99 73 96 49 RYE MTN 39 61 44 75 / 99 62 95 47 VILLAGE CK 40 64 45 76 / 98 53 91 37 $$