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SPOT FORECAST FOR CONVENTIONAL CARIBOU   1...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
931 AM PDT WED MAY 27 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 PDT ON MAY 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO BUILD OVER THE INLAND NORTHWEST
TODAY AND CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. THIS
WILL RESULT DRY WEATHER AND A GRADUAL WARMING TREND. TEMPERATURES
WILL SURGE WELL ABOVE SEASONAL NORMALS THURSDAY...FRIDAY...AND
SATURDAY. LOOK FOR STRENGTHENING INVERSIONS AND PRONOUNCED THERMAL
BELTS BY FRIDAY MORNING AND SATURDAY MORNING.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....71.
MIN HUMIDITY........34 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5200 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 8 TO 12 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 46.
MAX HUMIDITY........85 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY BY 2000 PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO 600 FT AGL OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 6 TO 9 MPH IN THE EVENING...BECOMING
                    SOUTH 3 TO 5 MPH OVERNIGHT.
LAL.................1.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78.
MIN HUMIDITY........28 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 2 TO 5 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 3 TO 7 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 6000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 8 TO 12 MPH.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...GK
REQUESTED BY...RANDY
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090527.CONVE.01/OTX