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SPOT FORECAST FOR TRAIL CREEK...CDC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
604 PM PDT SUN JUL 25 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1740 PDT ON JULY 25.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

UPPER LEVEL RIDGING WILL REMAIN OVER THE FIRE TONIGHT AND MONDAY...
BRINGING MORE HOT AND DRY WEATHER. WINDS WILL ALSO REMAIN WEAK AND
TERRAIN DRIVEN. THERMAL BELTS AT MID-SLOPE WILL LIKELY STRENGTHEN
TONIGHT NEAR THE FIRE LOCATION...RESULTING IN POORER RH RECOVERIES
AND LESS TEMPERATURE FALL OFF THAN IN RECENT NIGHTS. MID AND UPPER
LEVEL MOISTURE WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE BY MONDAY NIGHT...ESPECIALLY
SOUTH OF THE FIRE. THIS WILL RESULT IN THUNDERSTORM CHANCES BY
TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 60.
MAX HUMIDITY........66 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2 TO 5 MPH OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6000 FT AGL IN THE EVENING...BECOMING NEAR
                    SURFACE OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 8 TO 12 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 86.
MIN HUMIDITY........26 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 4 TO 7 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE IN THE MORNING...BECOMING 7000 FT
                    AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 8 TO 12 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.MONDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 59.
MAX HUMIDITY........70 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 3 TO 6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6000 FT AGL IN THE EVENING...BECOMING NEAR
                    SURFACE OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 3 TO 7 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

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FORECASTER...FRIES
REQUESTED BY...DOUG NACE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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