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FWSOTX

SPOT FORECAST FOR REECER WUI...USFS - OWF- CLE ELUM RD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
839 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.  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.....75.
MIN HUMIDITY........20 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........DOWNSLOPE 2 TO 3 MPH UNTIL 10 AM...THEN UPSLOPE/
                    UPVALLEY 4 TO 6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE IN THE MORNING...BECOMING 3300 FT
                    AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 3 TO 7 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........4 VERY LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....49.
MAX HUMIDITY........26 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    DOWNSLOPE/ DOWNVALLEY 2 TO 5 MPH OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 3 TO 7 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....82.
MIN HUMIDITY........14 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE/ UPVALLEY 4 TO 6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE IN THE MORNING...BECOMING 2900 FT
                    AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 3 TO 7 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........5 VERY LOW.

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