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SPOT FORECAST FOR BREWER WILDLIFE...NEWICC DISPATCH CENTER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1127 AM PDT FRI MAY 14 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1125 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 ALONG THE CASCADES AND OVERNIGHT OVER THE PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS.
THERE WILL BE ENOUGH MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY TO SUPPORT SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE BURN AREA LATE THIS EVENING. SHOWERS MAY LINGER
OVERNIGHT. THEN WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING DRY CONDITIONS THROUGH
SATURDAY NIGHT. A STRONGER DISTURBANCE WILL BEGIN TO EFFECT THE THE
BURN AREA LATE SUNDAY. THIS WILL OPEN THE DOOR TO COOLER AND UNSETTLED
WEATHER NEXT WEEK.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73.
MIN HUMIDITY........21 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 7 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 8500 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 8 TO 12 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 2100 AND THROUGH THE NIGHT.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....42.
MAX HUMIDITY........69 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    DRAINAGE 2 TO 5 MPH OVERNIGHT. GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS
                    OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 3 TO 7 MPH.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75.
MIN HUMIDITY........23 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 3 TO 5 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    SOUTH-SOUTHWEST 7 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 8500 FT AGL AFTER 1100.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 3 TO 7 MPH.

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FORECASTER...BT
REQUESTED BY...PATRICIA GOLDSMITH
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100514.BREWE.02/OTX