FNUS76 KOTX 211751
FWSOTX

SPOT FORECAST FOR COWCAM...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1051 AM PDT WED OCT 21 2009

IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

A MOIST PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING A WETTING RAIN TODAY...BEFORE
WINDS SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND BECOMING OCCASIONALLY GUSTY LATE
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. A DRY BREAK ON THURSDAY WILL BE FOLLOWED BY
MORE RAIN ON FRIDAY...WITH A SERIES OF STORM SYSTEMS EVERY 36
HOURS OR SO INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY WITH NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH EARLY
                    AFTERNOON...THEN ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS. PARTLY SUNNY
                    LATE.
CWR.................75 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 53. 48 AT 11 AM.
MIN HUMIDITY........66 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 1 TO 2 MPH THROUGH MIDDAY...THEN BECOMING
                    NORTHWEST 6 TO 9 MPH LATE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL AT 11 AM. BECOMING 2000 FT
                    AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 3 TO 7 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    EVENING.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 38.
MAX HUMIDITY........92 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH IN
                    THE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 8 TO 12 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 48.
MIN HUMIDITY........66 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH IN THE MORNING SHIFTING
                    TO THE SOUTH 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE IN THE MORNING...BECOMING 3000 FT
                    AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 8 TO 12 MPH.

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FORECASTER...PB
REQUESTED BY...CWICC
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20091021.COWCA.01/OTX