FNUS76 KOTX 231856 FWSOTX SPOT FORECAST FOR ROARING RIDGE 9...CWICC NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1156 AM PDT FRI OCT 23 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 PDT ON OCTOBER 23. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... IT WILL BE A WET DAY. AFTER A STEADY LIGHT RAIN THIS MORNING WITH A PASSING WARM FRONT...A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE CASCADES THIS AFTERNOON. A WETTING RAIN IS LIKELY WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS RAINFALL AMOUNTS RANGING FROM 0.30 TO 0.45 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 OF TO A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS BY MID AFTERNOON. CWR.................90 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 43. MIN HUMIDITY........92 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........EAST 1 TO 3 MPH...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 3 TO 6 MPH BY AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......BECOMING 1200 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 3 TO 7 MPH. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF A SHOWER EARLY IN THE EVENING...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY. CWR.................12 PERCENT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 36. MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST 11 TO 19 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1100 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 18 TO 22 MPH. .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. CWR.................0 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 40. MIN HUMIDITY........64 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 13 TO 18 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 13 TO 17 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...RF REQUESTED BY...CWICC TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20091023.ROARI.01/OTX