Expires:200806111315;;456589 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. $$ ORZ606-608-111315- AREA 4...CENTRAL OREGON CASCADE FOOTHILLS 606 AREA 4...CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES 608 300 PM PDT TUE JUN 10 2008 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE EVENING...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW LEVEL 5500 FEET. MIN TEMPERATURE.....UPPER 20S AND 30S. MAX HUMIDITY........85-100 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS....... VALLEYS/LWR SLOPES...WEST WIND 9 TO 13 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH DECREASING TO 4 TO 7 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. RIDGES/UPR SLOPES....NORTHWEST WIND 10 TO 14 MPH DECREASING TO 5 TO 9 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTS TO 30 MPH. CWR.................LESS THAN 5 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........4 (LOW). LAL.................1. .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....55 TO 65 VALLEYS/SLOPES AND 50 TO 60 PEAKS/RIDGES. MIN HUMIDITY........45-60 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS....... VALLEYS/LWR SLOPES...WEST WIND 3 TO 6 MPH INCREASING TO NORTHWEST 6 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. AFTERNOON GUSTS TO 20 MPH. RIDGES/UPR SLOPES....WEST WIND 4 TO 8 MPH INCREASING NORTHWEST 6 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS TO 25 MPH. CWR.................ZERO. HAINES INDEX........3 (VERY LOW). LAL.................1. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....35 TO 45. MAX HUMIDITY........80-95 PERCENT VALLEYS/SLOPES AND 75-85 PERCENT PEAKS/RIDGES. 20-FOOT WINDS....... VALLEYS/LWR SLOPES...NORTHWEST WIND 6 TO 9 MPH DECREASING TO DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. RIDGES/UPR SLOPES....NORTH WIND 6 TO 10 MPH. GUSTS TO 20 MPH. CWR.................ZERO. HAINES INDEX........4 (LOW). LAL.................1. .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....70 TO 80. MIN HUMIDITY........30-40 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS....... VALLEYS/LWR SLOPES...DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY WIND 3 TO 6 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 6 TO 8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. RIDGES/UPR SLOPES....NORTH WIND 6 TO 10 MPH. GUSTS TO 20 MPH. CWR.................ZERO. HAINES INDEX........4 (LOW). LAL.................1. .EXTENDED... .FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 45 TO 55...BUT 40 TO 45 ELEVATED VALLEYS. HIGHS IN THE 70S. MINIMUM RH 20 TO 35 PERCENT. NORTHWEST TO NORTH WIND LESS THAN 10 MPH. .SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE 40S TO LOWER 50S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S TO UPPER 70S. MINIMUM RH 25 TO 40 PERCENT. NORTH WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. .SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE 40S. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S TO MID 70S. MINIMUM RH 35 TO 45 PERCENT. NORTHWEST WIND AROUND 5 MPH. && TEMPERATURE / HUMIDITY YELLOWSTN 34 55 41 73 / 99 61 84 43 TROUT CRK 36 60 42 77 / 100 57 94 43 PEBBLE 33 56 38 74 / 99 58 84 35 EMIGRANT 32 55 41 75 / 93 41 82 25 $$ WEAGLE