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SPOT FORECAST FOR WIER MEADOWS...COLVILLE USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
818 AM PDT MON SEP 28 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 28.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
...WARM AND VERY DRY WITH AFTERNOON WIND GUSTS...
A COLD FRONT JUST OFF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST WILL BEGIN TO
SLOWLY SHIFT INLAND TODAY AND TONIGHT. BECAUSE OF THE SLOW
PROGRESSION OF THIS FRONT...TODAY WILL BE WARM AND DRY AHEAD OF THE
FRONT WITH INCREASING HIGH CLOUDS BREEZY AFTERNOON SOUTHWEST WIND AT TIMES.
COOLER TEMPERATURES AND HIGHER RELATIVE HUMIDITY CAN BE EXPECTED TUESDAY AS THE
COLD FRONT FINALLY ARRIVES.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 79.
MIN HUMIDITY........14 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST 2 TO 4 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 7 TO 9 MPH OCCASIONALLY GUSTING TO 17 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 6 TO 10 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST TO 15 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 37.
MAX HUMIDITY........80 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......900-3300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 9 TO 13 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 63.
MIN HUMIDITY........32 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 7 TO 11 MPH.

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FORECASTER...TC
REQUESTED BY...KELLY CONNALL
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090928.WIERM.01/OTX