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SPOT FORECAST FOR CHIWAWA SUMMER HOMES...CWICC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1057 AM PDT FRI OCT 23 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1045 PDT ON OCTOBER 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
IT WILL BE A WET DAY. AFTER THE PASSAGE OF A MOIST...WARM
FRONT BY MIDDAY...A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE CASCADES THIS
AFTERNOON. A WETTING RAIN IS LIKELY WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS RAINFALL
AMOUNTS RANGING FROM 0.20 TO 0.35 BY EARLY THIS EVENING. BEHIND THE
FRONT...BREEZY WESTERLY WINDS DEVELOP BY LATE AFTERNOON AND SHUT OFF
THE SHOWERS WITH INCREASED DOWNSLOPE FLOW. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER
THE AREA ON SATURDAY WITH DRIER AND SLIGHTLY WARMER CONDITIONS...WHILE
THE BREEZY WESTERLY GRADUALLY TAPER OFF THROUGH THE DAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN...TAPERING OFF TO SHOWERS LATE
                    THIS AFTERNOON.
CWR.................95 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 46.
MIN HUMIDITY........90 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST 1 TO 3 MPH...BECOMING WEST TO NORTHWEST
                    3 TO 7 MPH BY MID AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......BECOMING 1500 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 3 TO 7 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE
                    EVENING...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 40.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST 10 TO 16 MPH. LOCAL GUSTS TO 24 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 13 TO 17 MPH.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 48.
MIN HUMIDITY........58 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 9 TO 14 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 20
                    MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 8 TO 12 MPH.

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FORECASTER...RF
REQUESTED BY...CWICC
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20091023.CHIWA.01/OTX