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SPOT FORECAST FOR LONG MOUNTAIN...CDC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
516 PM PDT THU AUG 5 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1649 PDT ON AUGUST 05.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
AN UNSTABLE AIR MASS COULD PRODUCE A FEW THUNDERSTORMS THIS
EVENING OVER THE IDAHO PANHANDLE...HOWEVER MOST WILL REMAIN
WELL SOUTH AND EAST OF THE FIRE. A BETTER CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS WILL ARRIVE LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY AS A WEAK
UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE TRACKS OVER THE FIRE. THE PASSAGE OF THE
FEATURE WILL BRING A SLIGHT COOLING TREND AS WELL AS A TRANSITION
TO WESTERLY WIND FLOW.



.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR IN THE EVENING...EXCEPT FOR
                    BUILDUPS SOUTH AND EAST OF THE FIRE.
                    BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY OVERNIGHT WITH
                    ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................LESS THAN 10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....68.
MAX HUMIDITY........50 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WIND 4 TO 7 MPH...BECOMING VARIABLE
                    1 TO 4 MPH OVERNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.
LAL.................2 AFTER 2300.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    MORNING. THEN MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................LESS THAN 5 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....77.
MIN HUMIDITY........28 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE WIND 1 TO 4 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    ...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 7 TO 11 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.  GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    MORNING.
LAL.................2 IN THE MORNING...THEN 1.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

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FORECASTER...FX
REQUESTED BY...DOUG NACE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100805.LONGM.01/OTX