FNUS76 KOTX 111625 FWSOTX SPOT FORECAST FOR FALLS CREEK...CWICC NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 925 AM PDT SAT JUL 11 2009 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... THE WARMING AND DRYING TREND WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE FIRE TODAY. EXPECT LOW RH TODAY...WITH POOR TO FAIR RH RECOVERIES TONIGHT. THE BIG PATTERN CHANGE WILL BEGIN SUNDAY INTO MONDAY WITH TEMPERATURES LOWERING...RH INCREASING...AND ISOLATED THUNDER SPREADING FROM SOUTH TO NORTH UP THE CASCADES. THIS THUNDER WILL LAST THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. CWR.................0 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 78. MIN HUMIDITY........23 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE/ UPVALLEY 3 TO 5 MPH. LAL.................1. HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. CWR.................5 PERCENT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 54. MAX HUMIDITY........38 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE/ UPVALLEY 3 TO 5 MPH IN THE EVENING...THEN DOWNSLOPE/ DOWNVALLEY 2 TO 3 OVERNIGHT. LAL.................1. HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW. .SUNDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. THEN CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................15 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 72. MIN HUMIDITY........29 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 3 TO 5 MPH IN THE MORNING SHIFTING TO THE WEST 5 TO 7 MPH IN THE LATE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. LAL.................3. HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW. $$ FORECASTER...PB REQUESTED BY...CWICC TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20090711.FALLS.01/OTX