FNUS76 KOTX 202051
FWSOTX

SPOT FORECAST FOR OFF-SITE PONDEROSA PINE...CDC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
151 PM PDT TUE APR 20 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1400 PDT ON APRIL 20.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

IT REMAIN WILL UNSEASONABLY WARM AND DRY THROUGH THE EVENING
WITH EASTERLY WINDS...AS THE LOW LEVEL SURFACE TROUGH REMAINS
JUST WEST OF THE BURN AREA. ISOLATED INSTABILITY SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AFTER LATE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE
EARLY EVENING WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR GUSTY WINDS.  MEANWHILE...
A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL BRING INCREASING CLOUDS AND A CHANCE
OF LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS TO THE BURN AREA BY WEDNESDAY. EXPECT A
RETURN MORE SEASONAL CONDITIONS TO THE AREA WEDNESDAY AND FOR THE
REST OF THE WEEK.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM
                    LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................3 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....79-82.
MIN HUMIDITY........29-35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST 3 TO 7 MPH. GUSTY
                    AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR STORMS
                    IN THE LATE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 3 TO 7 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........INCREASING CLOUDS. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    EVENING THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 42.
MAX HUMIDITY........92-96 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST 4 TO 7 MPH. GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR STORMS IN
                    THE EVENING.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN
                    THE MORNING...THEN RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY AND
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....63-66.
MIN HUMIDITY........40-47 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST 2 TO 4 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 4 TO 6 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR STORMS IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.

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