FNUS76 KOTX 051832
FWSOTX

SPOT FORECAST FOR BURNT VALLEY 2...COLVILLE USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1132 AM PDT FRI JUN 5 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1400 PDT ON JUNE 05.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

IT WILL BE A WARM DAY AS THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WEAKENS.
ANTICIPATE A CHANGE IN THE WEATHER PATTERN LATE TODAY...AS A COLD
FRONT DROPS FROM BRITISH COLUMBIA...LEADING TO A CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LIGHT TERRAIN
DRIVEN WINDS WILL SWITCH TO THE NORTH THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE
THROUGH FRIDAY WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS. AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER
WESTERN CANADA WILL KEEP A COOL NORTHWEST FLOW OVER THE BURN SITE
THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL BRING
SEASONAL TEMPERATURES...BETTER RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERIES...AND
AN INCREASED CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY...THEN INCREASING CLOUDS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS LATE.
CWR.................8 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....77-80.
MIN HUMIDITY........22-25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE/UP VALLEY 2 TO 4 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO 7 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1-2.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 44.
MAX HUMIDITY........NEAR 90 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST TO NORTH 4 TO 8 MPH. GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN
                    THE EVENING.
LAL.................2.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....64-68.
MIN HUMIDITY........21-24 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH 8 TO 13 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...RF
REQUESTED BY...SHANE ROBSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090605.BURNT.01/OTX