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SPOT FORECAST FOR SILVER CREEK...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
644 PM PDT FRI JUL 31 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1830 PDT ON JULY 31.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM FRIDAY TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY FOR
HIGH HAINES...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND LOCALLY BREEZY CONDITIONS...

.DISCUSSION...HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE FIRE AREA
HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS OVERHEAD. DISTURBANCES MIGRATING OVER THE HIGH
PRESSURE RIDGE MAY SPARK OFF THUNDERSTORMS AT TIMES INTO THE WEEKEND
ALLOWING FOR POSSIBLE GUSTY WIND UP AND DOWN THE VALLEY...ESPECIALLY
SATURDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING CLEAR. ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS ENDING IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 62.
MAX HUMIDITY........56 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 1-3 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WIND NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORM.
LAL.................1-2.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. ISOLATED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 85.
MIN HUMIDITY........23 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 2-6 MPH BECOMING WEST WINDS 7 TO
                    10 MPH WITH MOMENTARY WIND GUSTS TO 19 MPH AFTER
                    1900 HRS PDT.
LAL.................1-2.
HAINES INDEX........6 HIGH.

.SATURDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ENDING.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 59.
MAX HUMIDITY........39 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH WITH SOME MOMENTARY
                    WIND GUSTS TO 19 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........6 HIGH.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 82.
MIN HUMIDITY........24 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    BECOMING VARIABLE 2 TO 5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

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FORECASTER...RP
REQUESTED BY...CWICC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090731.SILVE.01/OTX