FNUS76 KOTX 170309
FWSOTX

SPOT FORECAST FOR HWY 155 MP38...COLVILLE BIA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
809 PM PDT WED SEP 16 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1957 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 16.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

A SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL PASS THE FIRE AREA IN THE NEXT THREE HOURS
WITH SOME GUSTY WINDS CONTINUING AHEAD OF AND BEHIND THE FRONT
THROUGH THE REST OF THE EVENING HOURS.  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL ALSO DEVELOP AS THE FRONT PASSES...LIKELY MAXMIZING IN THE
EARLY A.M. HOURS THURSDAY.  COOLER AND MORE MOIST CONDITIONS
WILL BE THE RULE AFTER TODAY AND BEHIND THE FRONT.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING
                    LATE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE
                    NIGHT.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....59.
MAX HUMIDITY........74 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER
                    GUSTS THIS EVENING. IN ADDITIONA...GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS ARE EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 8 TO 12 MPH.
LAL.................3.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY. SCATTERED SHOWERS IN
                    THE MORNING.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....76.
MIN HUMIDITY........27 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 2 TO 5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE IN THE MORNING...BECOMING 5500 FT
                    AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 3 TO 7 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....50.
MAX HUMIDITY........58 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2 TO 5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 3 TO 7 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

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FORECASTER...FRIES
REQUESTED BY...ADAM BEARCUB
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090916.HWY15.01/OTX