FNUS76 KOTX 291700
FWSOTX

SPOT FORECAST FOR SABLE...CWICC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1000 AM PDT SAT AUG 29 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0938 PDT ON AUGUST 29.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
AN UPPER LOW CENTERED SOUTH OF THE BURN SITE THIS MORNING WILL
TRACK EAST SOUTHEAST THROUGH SATURDAY. INSTABILITY ASSOCIATED WITH
THE CORE OF THIS LOW WILL BRING MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES...WITH
A MODERATE CHANCE OF AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND A SMALL CHANCE OF A
THUNDERSTORM OVER THE BURN SITE. THE RISK WILL WIND DOWN THIS
EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT...WITH ONLY A SMALL POSSIBILITY OF
ANOTHER SHOWER ON THE BURN SITE ON SUNDAY. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT...
WITH NOCTURNAL INVERSIONS CREATING TERRAIN DRIVEN WINDS ON THE LOWER
SLOPE WHILE LIGHT NORTH OR NORTHEASTERLY WINDS OCCUR ON THE HIGHER
ELEVATION OF THE FIRE OVERNIGHT.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND
                    ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 55.
MIN HUMIDITY........48 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 3500
                    FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH.
LAL.................2.
HIGH HAINES INDEX...3 LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
                    OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 44.
MAX HUMIDITY........83 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS POSSIBLE NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...OTHERWISE
                    SOUTHEAST 3 TO 5 MPH BELOW 5000 FEET...NORTH
                    4 TO 7 MPH ABOVE 5000 FEET.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3500 FT AGL IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 1000
                    FT AGL OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 3 TO 7 MPH.
LAL.................2.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........DECREASING CLOUDS.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 65.
MIN HUMIDITY........48 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 5000
                    FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 3 TO 7 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

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FORECASTER...MF
REQUESTED BY...CWICC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090829.SABLE.01/OTX