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SPOT FORECAST FOR MUD POTATO...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
808 AM PDT MON APR 12 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 PDT ON APRIL 12.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL PASS THROUGH THE REGION TODAY
WITH A GOOD CHANCE OF SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON. TUESDAY INTO
MIDWEEK...A BROAD UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE AREA WILL CONTINUE
TO GENERATE SHOWERY WEATHER WITH NEAR TO SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL
TEMPERATURES. LIGHT AND MAINLY TERRAIN DRIVEN WINDS TODAY WILL
SHIFT TO THE WEST AND INCREASE TO 10 TO 15 MPH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON...THEN LIGHTEN TO 10 MPH OR LESS ON WEDNESDAY. THE
SHOWERY PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK INTO THE
WEEKEND ACCOMPANIED BY WARMER TEMPERATURES.



.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................45 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 53.
MIN HUMIDITY........45 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 2 TO 5 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 2 TO 5 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE
                    EVENING...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
                    OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................25 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 35.
MAX HUMIDITY........85 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST 2 TO 5 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    NORTHWEST 5 TO 6 MPH OVERNIGHT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 55.
MIN HUMIDITY........40 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

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FORECASTER...EK
REQUESTED BY...ROBERTO GARIBAY
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100412.MUDPO.01/OTX