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SPOT FORECAST FOR NUGGET...CDC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1041 AM PDT FRI OCT 2 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1112 MDT ON OCTOBER 02.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL TAKE UP POSITION OVER THE INLAND NORTHWEST
TONIGHT AND BE THE MAIN WEATHER PRODUCER THROUGH THE WEEKEND. ENOUGH
INSTABILITY REMAINS OVER THE BURN SITE TODAY FOR SOME AFTERNOON
CONVECTION AND WITH SNOW LEVELS RIGHT AROUND 4500-5000 FEET THESE SHOWERS
WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY CONTAIN HAIL/GRAUPEL. THE UPPER TROUGH SAGS
SOUTH ON SATURDAY AND THIS WILL OPEN THE DOOR FOR MOISTURE TO
WRAP AROUND ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE CASCADES BY LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON
...SATURDAY NIGHT. EXPECT INCREASING CHANCES OF RAIN BY LATE SATURDAY
AFTERNOON. THINGS BEGIN TO DRY OUT SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND NEXT WEEK AS
HIGH PRESSURE NOSES INTO THE REGION FROM THE WEST.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY THROUGH THE DAY.
                    POSSIBLY CONTAINING SMALL HAIL OR GRAUPEL.
CWR.................35 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....45.
MIN HUMIDITY........69 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........DRAINAGE EARLY...BECOMING NORTHEAST 10 TO 12 MPH
                    AFTER 1300.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FT AGL AFTER 1300.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST-EAST 15 TO 20 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

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FORECASTER...BT
REQUESTED BY...BEN HARJU
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20091002.NUGGE.01/OTX