FNUS76 KOTX 031852
FWSOTX

SPOT FORECAST FOR SCA AGAIN...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1152 AM PDT THU SEP 3 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1134 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 03.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A COLD FRONT IS PASSING THROUGH THE FIRE AREA NOW (1130AM). FOR THE
THE MAIN THREAT OF RAIN AND THUNDER HAS ENDED...BUT THERE IS A SMALL
CHANCE OF A LINGERING FAST LIGHT RAIN SHOWER OR AFTERNOON BRIEF
THUNDERSTORM IN THE FIRE AREA. FURTHER RAIN WILL NOT BE SIGNIFICANT
...PROBABLY NO MORE THAN A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH IF ANY AT ALL.
WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN PROBLEM FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. WINDS WILL SHIFT
TO THE SOUTHWEST AND REMAIN BREEZY AND GUSTY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
THE FIRE IS AT A HIGH ENOUGH ELEVATION THAT MARGINALLY BREEZY
CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY REMAIN UNTIL MIDNIGHT...ALTHOUGH GUST
POTENTIAL WILL END AFTER SUNSET. FRIDAY WILL BE A QUIETER DAY WITH
MAINLY LIGHT TERRAIN DRIVEN WINDS AFTER 8AM AND SLIGHTLY WARMER
TEMPERATURES.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE DAY.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 68.
MIN HUMIDITY........50 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 9 TO 14 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 28 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 48.
MAX HUMIDITY........76 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH
                    BEFORE 8 PM.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 69.
MIN HUMIDITY........31 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 4 TO 7 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    WEST 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...MF
REQUESTED BY...KEN MEINAHRT
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090903.SCAAG.02/OTX