FNUS76 KOTX 161626
FWSOTX

SPOT FORECAST FOR SWIMPTKIN WUI  302...COLVILLE BIA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
926 AM PDT FRI APR 16 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1030 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 RAIN SHOWERS TONIGHT AS THE
DISTURBANCE MOVES THROUGH ALONG WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF EVENING
THUNDERSTORMS. ANOTHER WAVE WILL PASS THROUGH ON SATURDAY FOR A CHANCE
OF SHOWERS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 68.
MIN HUMIDITY........32 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 3 TO 5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE IN THE MORNING...BECOMING 3000 FT
                    AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH.
LAL.................1.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN RAIN
                    SHOWERS LIKELY OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................40 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 44.
MAX HUMIDITY........95 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2 TO 4 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING VARIABLE OVERNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH AROUND 5 MPH BECOMING SOUTH OVERNIGHT.
LAL.................2.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 58.
MIN HUMIDITY........50 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 2 TO 4 MPH DEVELOPING MID MORNING
                    INCREASING TO 4 TO 8 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 15 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE IN THE MORNING...BECOMING 5500 FT
                    AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO
                    10 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

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FORECASTER...JW
REQUESTED BY...B  SUTTON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100416.SWIMP.01/OTX