FNUS76 KOTX 021826
FWSOTX

SPOT FORECAST FOR SCA AGAIN FIRE...DOI USFWS LPONWR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1126 AM PDT WED SEP 2 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1103 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 02.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
TODAY SOUTHERLY FLOW ALOFT WITH A SURFACE THERMAL TROUGH OVER THE
COLUMBIA BASIN WILL PROMOTE CONTINUED WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS WITH
LIGHT TERRAIN DRIVEN WINDS. TONIGHT A STRONG UPPER LEVEL TROUGH
WILL PASS THROUGH THE REGION. THIS DISTURBANCE WILL LIKELY BRING
A FEW SHOWERS TO THE FIRE AREA THURSDAY MORNING...ALONG WITH A
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING TONIGHT AND THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING. WINDS WILL INCREASE THURSDAY IN THE WAKE OF THE ASSOCIATED
COLD FRONT PASSAGE...WITH SIGNIFICANTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 80.
MIN HUMIDITY........29 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 5 TO 7 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
                    OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 58.
MAX HUMIDITY........58 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 3 TO 5 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS AND
                    ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING.
CWR.................40 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 67.
MIN HUMIDITY........36 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25
                    MPH IN THE MORNING. SOUTHWEST 6 TO 10 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...MF
REQUESTED BY...STEVE PIETROBURGO
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090902.SCAAG.01/OTX