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SPOT FORECAST FOR WONDERFUL...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
954 AM PDT THU SEP 17 2009

IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS THE BURN SITE TODAY...WITH
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS LINGERING INTO THE AFTERNOON.
EXCELLENT HUMIDITY RECOVERIES AND DRY WEATHER CAN BE EXPECTED
TONIGHT...WITH THE DRY WEATHER LASTING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.
FOLLOWING ANOTHER COLDFRONT THAT WILL PRODUCE SHOWERS BEGINNING
MIDDAY SATURDAY THERE WILL BE A PROLONGED WARMING AND DRYING TREND
THAT WILL KEEP PRECIPITATION OUT OF THE FORECAST ALL WEEK.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................35 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....68.
MIN HUMIDITY........52 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 2 TO 4 MPH...BECOMING WEST 5 TO 9 MPH
                    BY MIDDAY. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
LAL.................2.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN
                    THE EVENING.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....43.
MAX HUMIDITY........91 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2 TO 4 MPH BY EARLY
                    EVENING.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....69.
MIN HUMIDITY........40 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........BECOMING UPSLOPE/ UPVALLEY 2 TO 3 MPH BY LATE MORNING.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

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FORECASTER...PB
REQUESTED BY...GRASHAM
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090917.WONDE.01/OTX