FNUS76 KOTX 130236
FWSOTX

SPOT FORECAST FOR LINE FIRE...SPOKANE BIA-SPA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
736 PM PDT MON JUL 12 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1918 PDT ON JULY 12.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...

A COLD FRONT HAS PUSHED EAST OF THE FIRE AREA TODAY...WITH GUSTY
WESTERLY WINDS PERSISTING ALL DAY. A SECONDARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY
SHOULD HAVE ALSO PASSED THE FIRE LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY
THIS EVENING...SHIFTING WINDS TO THE NORTHWEST.  HOWEVER...
CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE SOMEWHAT TONIGHT WITH WIND SPEEDS
SLACKENING.  WINDS WILL AGAIN INCREASE TOMORROW...THOUGH NOT TO
SPEEDS AS HIGH AS WERE EXPERIENCED TODAY.

THIS SPOT FORECAST WAS COMPLETED USING THE WELLPINIT RAWS AS A
BASELINE...WHICH IS AT AN ELEVATION ABOUT 500 FEET HIGHER THAN
THE FIRE.  IF THE INITIAL OBSERVATION FROM THE RAWS USED DOES
NOT ACCURATELY PORTRAY WHAT IS ONGOING AT THE FIRE...PLEASE CALL
THE NWS WITH OBSERVATIONS FROM THE FIRE SITE.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 47.
MAX HUMIDITY........65 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 25 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING WEST 6
                    TO 10 MPH OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 18 TO 22 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

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FORECASTER...FRIES
REQUESTED BY...MARLA RAYMOND
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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