FNUS76 KOTX 231643 FWSOTX SPOT FORECAST FOR BAD MED 1 FISH TANK...CWICC NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 943 AM PDT THU APR 23 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0935 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. 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.........PARTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................20 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 52. MIN HUMIDITY........33 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 2 TO 5 MPH IN THE MORNING... BECOMING NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 9 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 16 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 6500 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CWR.................10 PERCENT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 27. MAX HUMIDITY........96 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 9 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 16 MPH IN THE EVENING...BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2 TO 5 MPH OVERNIGHT. MIXING HEIGHT.......6500 FT AGL IN THE EVENING...BECOMING NEAR SURFACE OVERNIGHT. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 8 TO 12 MPH. .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CWR.................5 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 54. MIN HUMIDITY........30 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 2 TO 5 MPH IN THE MORNING... BECOMING NORTHWEST WINDS 3 TO 7 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE IN THE MORNING...BECOMING 5000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 4 TO 8 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...EK REQUESTED BY...CWICC TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090423.BADME.01/OTX