FNUS76 KOTX 191640 FWSOTX SPOT FORECAST FOR SHERWOOD MINE...SPA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 940 AM PDT SUN APR 19 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1130 PDT ON APRIL 19. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BRING RELATIVELY TRANQUIL WEATHER TO THE LAKE ROOSEVELT AREA THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. THICK HIGH CLOUDS WILL LIKELY LINGER INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH SOME BREAKS IN THE OVERCAST THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL BE AS MUCH AS 15 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE MONDAY AND TUESDAY. COOLER AND MORE SHOWERY WEATHER WILL RETURN FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEK. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY IN THE MORNING. PARTLY SUNNY IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 64. MIN HUMIDITY........31 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 0 TO 3 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING SOUTHWEST 4 TO 7 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 12 MPH IN EXPOSED AREAS IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE IN THE MORNING...BECOMING 3400 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 8 TO 12 MPH. .TONIGHT... MIXING HEIGHT.......3000 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING...BECOMING NEAR SURFACE OVERNIGHT. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 8 TO 12 MPH IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 3 TO 5 MPH OVERNIGHT. $$ FORECASTER...GK REQUESTED BY...KEVIN RITZER TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090419.SHERW.01/OTX