FNUS76 KOTX 041833
FWSOTX

SPOT FORECAST FOR GROUSE KNOB...CDC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1133 AM PDT TUE AUG 4 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1051 PDT ON AUGUST 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
TODAY WILL BE ANOTHER HOT AND DRY DAY...BUT A CHANGE IN THE WEATHER
PATTERN IS COMING. BY TOMORROW THE HOT RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL
BEGIN TO WEAKEN. BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON...THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE GROUSE KNOB WILDFIRE.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....85.
MIN HUMIDITY........26 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY(NORTHEAST) 2-4 MPH.
                    RIDGETOP WINDS SOUTHWEST 5 TO 8 MPH
                    WITH AFTERNOON GUSTS TO 15 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 65.
MAX HUMIDITY........50-55 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY(SOUTHWEST) 2-5 MPH.
                    RIDGETOP WINDS SOUTHWEST 4 TO 7 MPH
                    EARLY IN THE EVENING WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH...
                    WINDS BECOMING VARIABLE 2 TO 4 MPH OVERNIGHT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....81.
MIN HUMIDITY........35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    BECOMING VARIABLE 2 TO 5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
LAL.................INCREASING TO 2.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

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FORECASTER...GK
REQUESTED BY...DOUG NACE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090804.GROUS.01/OTX