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SPOT FORECAST FOR BREWER WILDLIFE...USFS - COLVILLE NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
839 AM PDT FRI MAY 14 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 PDT ON MAY 14.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE RIDGE LATE
TODAY AND OVERNIGHT. THERE WILL BE ENOUGH MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY
TO SUPPORT THUNDERSTORMS IN THE BURN AREA THIS EVENING THROUGH THE
NIGHT. MAINLY DRY SATURDAY WITH WEAK HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE AREA.
THEN A STRONGER DISTURBANCE WILL BEGIN TO EFFECT THE THE BURN AREA
SUNDAY AND WILL OPEN THE DOOR TO COOLER AND UNSETTLED WEATHER NEXT
WEEK.

.TODAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72.
MIN HUMIDITY........26 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST 2 TO 5 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    SOUTH-SOUTHWEST 7 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 8500 FT AGL AFTER 1200.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 8 TO 12 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
                    THROUGH THE NIGHT.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....43.
MAX HUMIDITY........69 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    DRAINAGE 2 TO 5 MPH OVERNIGHT. WINDS GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL AFTER 2100.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 3 TO 7 MPH.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....74.
MIN HUMIDITY........26 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH 3 TO 5 MPH IN THE MORNING...BECOMING
                    SOUTH-SOUTHWEST 7 TO 10 MPH AFTER 1300.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 8500 FT AGL AFTER 1100.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 3 TO 7 MPH.

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FORECASTER...BT
REQUESTED BY...SHANE ROBSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100514.BREWE.01/OTX