FNUS76 KOTX 061123
FWSOTX

SPOT FORECAST FOR MIDNIGHTER...SPOKANE BIA-SPA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
423 AM PDT THU AUG 6 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0357 PDT ON AUGUST 06.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...NOTE...THIS SPOT FORECAST WAS CREATED USING OBSERVATIONS FOR
MIDNIGHT MINE RAWS AND MAY NOT BE INDICATIVE OF CONDITIONS
EXPECTED AT THE FIRE...


.DISCUSSION...
THE HOT RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WHICH HAS RESIDED OVER THE REGION FOR
THE PAST WEEK WILL BREAK DOWN TODAY AS DEEP LOW OVER NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA
SHIFTS INLAND. ELEVATED INSTABILITY AHEAD OF THIS LOW WILL CONTINUE TO
STREAM NORTHWARD OVER THE FIRE TODAY RESULTING IN A CONTINUED CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS. THE BEST CHANCES OF THUNDER WILL EXTEND FROM THIS AFTERNOON
AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS. BY FRIDAY...DRIER AND MORE STABLE AIR
WILL BEGIN TO SHIFT OVER THE FIRE RESULTING IN A MUCH SMALLER CHANCE
OF THUNDER.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
                    THIS MORNING AND THEN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....88.
MIN HUMIDITY........24 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH 2 TO 5 MPH. WINDS GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS...
                    ESPECIALLY IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....59.
MAX HUMIDITY........70 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 1 TO 4 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS THROUGH THE
                    DAY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....80.
MIN HUMIDITY........35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 2 TO 5 MPH EARLY...BECOMING SOUTHEAST
                    TO SOUTH 6 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...FX
REQUESTED BY...MARLA RAYMON
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090806.MIDNI.01/OTX