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SPOT FORECAST FOR SABLE FIRE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
949 AM PDT MON AUG 31 2009

IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

CONDITIONS WILL BE DRIER THAN YESTERDAY AS UPPER LEVEL RIDGING
TRACKS INTO WASHINGTON. HOWEVER THERE WILL BE A VERY SMALL CHANCE
OF SHOWERS. THE THUNDER CHANCE LOOKS VERY LOW HOWEVER. DRYING AND WARMING
WILL LIKELY PERSIST THROUGH MIDWEEK...FOLLOWED BY MUCH COOLER AND
WETTER CONDITIONS AS A DEEP TROUGH BEGINS TO SHIFT INTO THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A SERIES OF COLD FRONTS WILL
THEN MOVE QUICKLY THROUGH THE REGION THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED
                    SHOWERS IN THE LATE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....76.
MIN HUMIDITY........30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 3 TO 5 MPH...BECOMING
                    UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 5 TO 8 MPH BY 1130 PM.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 4500
                    FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5 TO 9 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....51.
MAX HUMIDITY........77 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 3 TO 7 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2 TO 4 MPH BY 9 PM.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4500 FT AGL IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 350 FT AGL
                    BY 1 AM.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 3 TO 7 MPH.
LAL.................2.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78.
MIN HUMIDITY........28 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........DOWNSLOPE/ DOWNVALLEY 3 TO 5 MPH EARLY...BECOMING
                    UPSLOPE 3 TO 7 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 4000
                    FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 3 TO 7 MPH.
LAL.................2.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

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FORECASTER...PB
REQUESTED BY...CWICC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090831.SABLE.01/OTX