FNUS76 KOTX 231732
FWSOTX

SPOT FORECAST FOR CAYUSE CHICK...COLVILLE USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1032 AM PDT THU APR 23 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1025 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 SNOW SHOWERS IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 44.
MIN HUMIDITY........27 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 3 TO 6 MPH IN THE MORNING...
                    BECOMING NORTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS
                    UP TO 22 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 7500
                    FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 13 TO 17 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 26.
MAX HUMIDITY........58 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS
                    UP TO 22 MPH IN THE EVENING...BECOMING
                    DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 4 TO 7 MPH OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7500 FT AGL IN THE EVENING...BECOMING NEAR
                    SURFACE OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 4 TO 7 MPH.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 47.
MIN HUMIDITY........27 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 3 TO 5 MPH IN THE MORNING...
                    BECOMING NORTH WINDS 5 TO 7 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.

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FORECASTER...EK
REQUESTED BY...CWICC
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090423.CAYUS.01/OTX