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FWSOTX

SPOT FORECAST FOR COUGAR HUNT...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
839 AM PDT FRI APR 16 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 PDT ON APRIL 16.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR TODAY DUE TO WARM SOUTHERLY
FLOW AHEAD OF A WEATHER DISTURBANCE. EXPECT AN INCREASING CHANCE
FOR RAIN SHOWERS TONIGHT AS THE DISTURBANCE MOVES THROUGH ALONG
WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. ANOTHER WAVE WILL
PASS THROUGH ON SATURDAY FOR MORE UNSETTLED WEATHER.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....61-64.
MIN HUMIDITY........31-35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 1 TO 3 MPH BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY
                    3 TO 5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE IN THE MORNING...BECOMING 3500 FT
                    AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN CHANCE OF
                    RAIN SHOWERS OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................25 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....39-42.
MAX HUMIDITY........90-95 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 2 TO 4 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....VARIABLE LESS THAN 5 MPH.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY AND SLIGHT
                    CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................35 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....55-58.
MIN HUMIDITY........50-55 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 3 TO 6 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE IN THE MORNING...BECOMING 4500 FT
                    AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 8 TO 12 MPH.

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FORECASTER...JW
REQUESTED BY...DOUG NACE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100416.COUGA.01/OTX