FNUS76 KOTX 211651
FWSOTX

SPOT FORECAST FOR BEEHIVE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
951 AM PDT MON SEP 21 2009

IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

A RAPID WARMING TREND WILL SEND TEMPERATURES TO NEAR RECORD VALUES
BY WEDNESDAY. EXPECT VERY LOW DAYTIME HUMIDITIES THIS WEEK WITH POOR
NIGHTTIME RECOVERIES IN THE MOUNTAINS ABOVE 3000 FEET. HAINES
VALUES WILL REACH 5 ON TUESDAY. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND MIXING
HEIGHTS WILL BE RELATIVELY LOW TODAY AND TUESDAY FOR POOR
VENTILATION. A DRY FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION ON THURSDAY
BRINGING GUSTY WEST WINDS AND COOLER WEATHER. TEMPERATURES WILL
STILL BE ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE WEEKEND.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70. 61 AT 1030 AM
MIN HUMIDITY........21 PERCENT. 37 PERCENT AT 1030 AM.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE/ UPVALLEY 1 TO 2 MPH AT 1030 AM...BECOMING
                    SOUTHEAST 4 TO 7 MPH BY NOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1200 FT AGL AT 1030 AM...RISING TO 2500 FT
                    AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 3 TO 7 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....49.
MAX HUMIDITY........40 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST 4 TO 6 MPH IN THE EVENING...THEN BECOMING
                    DOWNSLOPE/ DOWNVALLEY 2 TO 3 MPH BY 1 AM.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 1 TO 2 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....77.
MIN HUMIDITY........19 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 4 TO 6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 3 TO 7 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.

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