FNUS76 KOTX 191347 FWSOTX SPOT FORECAST FOR DUMPY...IDL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 647 AM PDT MON APR 19 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 PDT ON APRIL 19. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AFTER 1500 PDT. RAIN CHANCES WILL INCREASE TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW AS A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE CASCADES. SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL AS LOW AS 5000-6000 FEET BY TUESDAY MORNING. LOOK FOR SOUTH WINDS THIS AFTERNOON TO SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE LESS THAN 10 MPH...UNLESS A STRAY THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPS IN THE VICINITY OF THE DUMPY PROJECT. GUSTS COULD BECOME ERRATIC NEAR THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY AFTER 1500 PDT. CWR.................5 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....74. MIN HUMIDITY........32 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 2 TO 5 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING SOUTH 4 TO 6 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......BECOMING 5000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 7 TO 10 MPH AROUND IGNITION TIME...BECOMING SOUTHEAST 9 TO 12 MPH BY MID AFTERNOON. LAL.................2. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH THE NIGHT. CWR.................25 PERCENT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....43. MAX HUMIDITY........88 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 3 TO 6 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS POSSIBLE NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO 800 FEET. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 3 TO 7 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING NORTHWEST 3 TO 6 MPH BY LATE EVENING. LAL.................2. .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................50 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....58. MIN HUMIDITY........57 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 7 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE IN THE MORNING...BECOMING 2500 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 6 TO 10 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...GK REQUESTED BY...JOSH HARVEY TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100419.DUMPY.03/OTX