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SPOT FORECAST FOR MERCURY...CDC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
435 PM PDT THU JUN 4 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1615 PDT ON JUNE 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE THROUGH MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT AS MOISTURE MOVES UP FROM THE SOUTH. THE WEATHER PATTERN
WILL UNDER GO A CHANGE ON FRIDAY. AN UPPER TROUGH WILL SET UP OVER
THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND LINGER THROUGH NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL BRING
A RETURN TO NEAR OR SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES...BETTER
RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERIES AND AN INCREASED CHANCE FOR SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........INCREASING CLOUDS WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...PARTIAL CLEARING
                    OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........91 AT 1600 DECREASING TO 56 BEFORE SUNRISE.
MAX HUMIDITY........27 PERCENT...INCREASING TO 74 PERCENT NEAR
                    SUNRISE.
WIND (20 FT)........UP SLOPE/ UP VALLEY NORTH-NORTHWEST WINDS WILL
                    DECREASE NEAR SUNSET WITH WINDS BECOMING EAST
                    WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH AFTER 2200. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING
                    CLOUDS WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....84.
MIN HUMIDITY........34 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH IN THE MORNING SHIFTING
                    TO THE NORTH 6 TO 10 MPH AFTER 1200. GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...BT
REQUESTED BY...CRANDLEMIRE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090604.MERCU.02/OTX