FNUS76 KOTX 231527
FWSOTX

SPOT FORECAST FOR SHERWOOD MINE...SPOKANE BIA-SPA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
827 AM PDT THU APR 23 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0930 PDT ON APRIL 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
COLDER WEATHER WILL PRODUCE HIGHER HUMIDITIES THAN WEDNESDAY...IN
ADDITION TO LESS GUSTY WINDS. THE BEST CHANCE OF SHOWERS WILL OCCUR
ACROSS NORTH IDAHO...WITH ISOLATED RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS FOR THE
BURN SITE AT IGNITION TIME. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE NORTHWEST  DURING THE DAY
BUT 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. CHANCE OF RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS
                    IN THE MORNING...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 50.
MIN HUMIDITY........34 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 3 TO 7 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...EK
REQUESTED BY...BOB GILREIN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090423.SHERW.01/OTX