FNUS76 KOTX 122023
FWSOTX

SPOT FORECAST FOR GARDEN TACO UNIT 2...NEWICC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
123 PM PDT MON OCT 12 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1330 MDT ON OCTOBER 12.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

THE SUNNY SKIES WILL GIVE WAY TO INCREASING HIGH AND MID LEVEL
CLOUDS FOR THE REST OF THE DAY...AND THEN BECOME OVERCAST BY
EVENING. NORTHEAST WINDS AT THE RIDGE TOPS WILL CONTINUE
WHILE THE VALLEYS WILL EXPERIENCE LIGHT TERRAIN DRIVEN WINDS.
A WARM FRONT WILL PUSH IN FROM THE SOUTH...CHANGING THE
DRY AND COLD WEATHER TO MORE SEASONAL WEATHER. THERE IS A CHANCE
OF LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES LATE TONIGHT...AND PERSISTING INTO
TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW LEVELS WILL START AT THE VALLEY FLOOR.
AS THE FLOW TURNS TO MORE SOUTHERLY...SNOW LEVELS RISE TO NEAR
4000 FEET BY TUESDAY EVENING.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 44.
MIN HUMIDITY........30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE 2 TO 5 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 11 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 3000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 3 TO 7 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. LIGHT FLURRIES POSSIBLE.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 20.
MAX HUMIDITY........85 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST 3 TO 6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2500 FT AGL IN THE EVENING...BECOMING NEAR
                    SURFACE OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 6 TO 9 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SNOW THROUGH THE DAY. SNOW...
                    MIXING WITH RAIN OR LIGHT SLEET IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 39.
MIN HUMIDITY........53 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST 3 TO 7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE IN THE MORNING...BECOMING 2000 FT
                    AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 7 TO 10 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

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FORECASTER...RF
REQUESTED BY...COLVILLE NF
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20091012.GARDE.01/OTX