FNUS76 KOTX 231544 FWSOTX SPOT FORECAST FOR HORNER...US FISH AND WILDLIFE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 844 AM PDT FRI OCT 23 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0840 PDT ON OCTOBER 23. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... IT WILL BE A WET DAY TODAY. A MOIST...WARM FRONT WILL SLOWLY LIFT THROUGH THE AREA THIS MORNING AND MIDDAY WITH SOUTHERLY WINDS. THEN A COLD FRONT WILL ARRIVE FROM THE WEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND AID IN DECREASING THE PRECIPITATION. WETTING RAIN IS LIKELY WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS RAINFALL AMOUNTS RANGING FROM 0.25 TO 0.40 BY EARLY THIS EVENING. BEHIND THE FRONT... BREEZY SOUTHWEST WINDS DEVELOP IN THE EVENING. HIGH PRESSURE WILL OVER THE AREA ON SATURDAY WITH DRIER AND SLIGHTLY WARMER CONDITIONS...WHILE THE BREEZY WESTERLY GRADUALLY TAPER OFF THROUGH THE DAY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. LIGHT RAIN THIS MORNING...BECOMING HEAVIER IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................85 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 48. MIN HUMIDITY........85 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 3 TO 5 MPH IN THE MORNING SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 5 TO 9 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE IN THE MORNING...BECOMING 1500 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 8 TO 12 MPH. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE EVENING. CWR.................40 PERCENT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 41. MAX HUMIDITY........86 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 11 TO 16 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH ESPECIALLY IN THE EVENING. MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 13 TO 17 MPH. .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. CWR.................0 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 51. MIN HUMIDITY........44 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...RF REQUESTED BY...MIKE SOLHEIM TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20091023.HORNE.01/OTX