FNUS76 KOTX 081434
FWSOTX

SPOT FORECAST FOR S  LOWERETURNBULL...US FISH AND WILDLIFE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
634 AM PST TUE DEC 8 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0645 PST ON DECEMBER 08.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
BITTERLY COLD AND DRY ARCTIC AIR WILL REMAIN OVER THE PROPOSED BURN
PROJECT THROUGH THE DAY AND INTO THE EVENING. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT
ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE HAS WEAKENED SIGNIFICANTLY AND THUS
WINDS SHOULD BE LIGHT TODAY. A WEAK WEATHER SYSTEM WILL APPROACH FROM
THE NORTH ON WEDNESDAY...BRINGING INCREASING CLOUDS AND PERHAPS A
FEW FLURRIES.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....14.
MIN HUMIDITY........30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WIND 1 TO 4 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    BECOMING VARIABLE 0 TO 3 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR IN THE EVENING...THEN INCREASING
                    CLOUDS LATE.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND ZERO.
MAX HUMIDITY........67 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 0 TO 3 MPH IN THE EVENING...BECOMING
                    SOUTHEAST 1 TO 4 MPH LATE.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A FEW FLURRIES.
CWR.................AROUND 0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....14.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WIND 3 TO 6 MPH.

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FORECASTER...FX
REQUESTED BY...MEINHART
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20091208.SLOWE.01/OTX