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FWSOTX

SPOT FORECAST FOR TRAIL CREEK...COLVILLE BIA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1216 PM PDT WED JUN 17 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1140 PDT ON JUNE 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL PASS EAST OF THE FIRE DURING THE AFTERNOON.
THE NEARBY PROXIMITY OF THE TROUGH WILL ALLOW ISOLATED SHOWERS TO FORM
WITH A SMALL CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. THE BEST CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS
WILL LIE JUST TO THE EAST...OVER THE INTERIOR OF THE OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS.
THE THREAT OF PRECIPITATION WILL RAPIDLY DWINDLE BY EVENING AS THE TROUGH
HEADS INTO IDAHO.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS. BETTER CHANCES OF
                    PRECIPITATION TO THE IMMEDIATE EAST.
CWR.................LESS THAN 10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75.
MIN HUMIDITY........26 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE OR SOUTH 2 TO 5 MPH...BECOMING
                    NORTHWEST TO NORTH IN THE AFTERNOON.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 8 TO 12 MPH.
LAL.................2.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....52.
MAX HUMIDITY........68 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST TO NORTH 3 TO 6 MPH...DECREASING
                    TO 0 TO 3 MPH OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 8 TO 12 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

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FORECASTER...FX
REQUESTED BY...PHILLIP MCLAUGHIN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090617.TRAIL.01/OTX