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SPOT FORECAST FOR RIDGE TO RIDGE...CDC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1207 PM PDT TUE MAY 25 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 PDT ON MAY 25.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A SLIGHTLY UNSTABLE AIR MASS COUPLED WITH DAYTIME HEATING WILL
RESULT IN CUMULUS CLOUD TOWERS AND EVEN SOME SHOWERS. BUT MOST
OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN NORTHEAST OF THE PROPOSED BURN.
THE THREAT OF PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF EARLY THIS EVENING.
A DEEP TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL HEAD EAST OF THE CASCADES ON
WEDNESDAY BRINGING INCREASING CLOUDS AND A GOOD CHANCE OF RAIN.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS MAINLY TO
                    THE NORTHEAST OF PROJECT.
CWR.................LESS THAN 2 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....67.
MIN HUMIDITY........29 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 8 TO 12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 8 TO 12 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....48.
MAX HUMIDITY........60 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH 2 TO 5 MPH OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7000 FT AGL IN THE EVENING...BECOMING NEAR
                    SURFACE OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 4 TO 8 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY AND SLIGHT
                    CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....62.
MIN HUMIDITY........47 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WIND 3 TO 6 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    BECOMING SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 4 TO 8 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE IN THE MORNING...BECOMING 4500 FT
                    AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH  7 TO 12 MPH.


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FORECASTER...FX
REQUESTED BY...TOM PAKOOTAS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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