FNUS76 KOTX 231900
FWSOTX

SPOT FORECAST FOR A-438...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1200 PM PDT THU APR 23 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 PDT ON APRIL 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

AN UPPER TROUGH OVER THE BURN SITE WILL BRING COOLER WEATHER...
HIGHER HUMIDITIES AND LESS GUSTY WINDS. SOME LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS
ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING...BUT ANTICIPATE MORE RAIN OR SNOW
SHOWERS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSISTING INTO THE
EARLY EVENING WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. WINDS WILL INCREASE
FROM THE NORTHWEST TO NORTH DURING THE DAY BUT SHOULD REMAIN
LESS GUSTY THAN YESTERDAY. THE COOL AND SHOWERY REGIME IS EXPECTED
TO CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY...FOLLOWED BY GRADUAL WARMING SUNDAY
INTO MONDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE RETURNS.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS
                    THROUGH THE DAY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 55.
MIN HUMIDITY........40 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 9 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 18 MPH.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 7000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 10 TO 18 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS...SNOW
                    SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN
                    THE EVENING...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW
                    SHOWERS OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 28.
MAX HUMIDITY........92 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2 TO 5 MPH OVERNIGHT. GUSTY
                    AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN
                    THE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7000 FT AGL IN THE EVENING...BECOMING NEAR
                    SURFACE OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 3 TO 7 MPH.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 56.
MIN HUMIDITY........38 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 3 TO 7 MPH IN THE MORNING SHIFTING
                    TO THE SOUTHWEST 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE IN THE MORNING...BECOMING 6000 FT
                    AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 3 TO 7 MPH.

$$
FORECASTER...EK
REQUESTED BY...RANDY THOMAS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090423.A438_.01/OTX