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SPOT FORECAST FOR PASS CREEK FIRE...U.S. FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
126 PM PDT MON AUG 17 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1300 PDT ON AUGUST 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

HIGH PRESSURE RIDGING WILL BUILD OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST THROUGH
MIDWEEK. THIS STRENGTHENING RIDGE WILL DELIVER A SIGNIFICANT WARMING AND
DRYING TREND TO THE FIRE THROUGH THURSDAY. THIS WARMING AND DRYING WILL
DELIVER POOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERIES TO THE FIRE ON BOTH WEDNESDAY
NIGHT AND THURSDAY NIGHT.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70
MIN HUMIDITY........42 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE OR SOUTHWEST 3 TO 6 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........INCREASING HIGH CLOUDS.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....60.
MAX HUMIDITY........60 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........DOWNSLOPE 1 TO 4 MPH. RIDGETOP
                    WINDS WEST TO NORTHWEST 5 TO 9 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE MORNING THEN
                    MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78.
MIN HUMIDITY........36 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE 3 TO 6 MPH. RIDGETOP WIND NORTHWEST
                    6 TO 10 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

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FORECASTER...FX
REQUESTED BY...C  DIRIENZ
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090817.PASSC.01/OTX