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FWSOTX

SPOT FORECAST FOR FOREST FIRE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1224 PM PDT SAT JUL 11 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1155 PDT ON JULY 11.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
THE WARMING AND DRYING TREND WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE FIRE TODAY.
POOR TO FAIR RH RECOVERIES EXPECTED 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 EVENING.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....71.
MIN HUMIDITY........28 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 3-6 MPH...EXCEPT EAST 5 TO 10 MPH
                    ALONG RIDGELINE.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 9 TO 14 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................LESS THAN 10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....58.
MAX HUMIDITY........54 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2 TO 5 MPH OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    MORNING THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN
                    THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY WINDS AND LARGE HAIL POSSIBLE WITH
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................35 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....65.
MIN HUMIDITY........45 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 2 TO 5 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    NORTHWEST 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 3 TO 5 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING WEST
                    4 TO 8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
LAL.................3.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

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FORECASTER...LN
REQUESTED BY...CWICC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090711.FORES.01/OTX