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SPOT FORECAST FOR PRESTON FOX PILES...CWICC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1018 AM PDT FRI OCT 16 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1010 PDT ON OCTOBER 16.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A WEATHER SYSTEM IS MOVING INTO THE REGION THIS MORNING...VERY
SLOWLY. PLENTY OF MOISTURE WILL MOVE INTO THE BURN AREA IN THE
WARM SOUTHWEST FLOW. THE ACCOMPANYING COLD FRONT WILL NOT MOVE
THROUGH THE BURN AREA UNTIL AFTER 1500 SATURDAY AFTERNOON...WHICH
WILL DECREASE PRECIPITATION CHANCES. SNOW LEVELS WILL DROP TO
NEAR 8000 FEET BY SUNDAY MORNING WHICH COULD BRING A DUSTING OF
SNOW. LAT SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY WE SHOULD SEE MAINLY DRY CONDITIONS
...FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER GOOD WEATHER SYSTEM BY MID-WEEK.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE MORNING...THEN
                    RAIN LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................60 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....53.
MIN HUMIDITY........60 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST-SOUTH 2 TO 5 MPH...BECOMING SOUTH-SOUTHWEST
                    7 TO 9 MPH AFTER 1600.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL AFTER 1200.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST-SOUTH 3 TO 7 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. RAIN.
CWR.................100 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....43.
MAX HUMIDITY........95-100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH-SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 8 TO 12 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. RAIN.
CWR.................100 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....50.
MIN HUMIDITY........78 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH-SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......BECOMING 1000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 5 TO 10 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

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