FNUS76 KOTX 242108
FWSOTX

SPOT FORECAST FOR FORREST...USFS-CWICC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
208 PM PDT FRI JUL 24 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1347 PDT ON JULY 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

A STORM SYSTEM IS WOBBLING AROUND NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND WILL
REMAIN OVER THE REGION THROUGH SUNDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN SLIGHTLY
COOLER TEMPERATURES AND THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY THROUGH
SUNDAY. EXPECT A RETURN TO WARM AND VERY DRY CONDITIONS BEGINNING
TUESDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....66.
MIN HUMIDITY........54 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST 6 TO 9 MPH BECOMING NORTHEAST-EAST
                    8 TO 10 MPH AFTER 1500. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 8 TO 12 MPH.
LAL.................2.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN CLEARING OVERNIGHT.
                    A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................10PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....53.
MAX HUMIDITY........85 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST 3 TO 7 MPH OVERNIGHT. GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN
                    THE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO 1000 FT AGL AFTER 2200.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 3 TO 7 MPH.
LAL.................2.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY EARLY. THEN PARTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE
                    OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....69.
MIN HUMIDITY........45 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST-EAST 6 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 5500 FT AGL AFTER 1200.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 3 TO 7 MPH.
LAL.................3.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

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FORECASTER...BT
REQUESTED BY...CWICC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090724.FORRE.01/OTX