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SPOT FORECAST FOR BELL BAY...CDC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
931 AM PDT SAT AUG 22 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0909 PDT ON AUGUST 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A DRY WESTERLY FLOW WILL PERSIST INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE DRY AIR MASS
ALONG WITH MODERATE INSTABILITY WILL RESULT IN A MODERATE HAINES
INDEX TODAY.  A WEAK DISTURBANCE WILL PASS THROUGH THE AREA ON
SUNDAY BRINGING AN INCREASE IN WIND ALONG WITH LOW AFTERNOON
HUMIDITIES BOTTOMING OUT NEAR 16 PERCENT.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 81.
MIN HUMIDITY........23 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 2 TO 4 MPH IN THE MORNING SHIFTING
                    TO THE SOUTHWEST 3 TO 5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE IN THE MORNING...BECOMING 4500 FT
                    AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 8 TO 12 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 49.
MAX HUMIDITY........74 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 3 TO 5 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
                    THEN SOUTHEAST 1 TO 3 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 80.
MIN HUMIDITY........16 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST 1 TO 3 MPH IN THE MORNING THROUGH
                    MID MORNING THEN SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH.
                    GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...JW
REQUESTED BY...JOHN POLLARD
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090822.BELLB.01/OTX