FNUS76 KOTX 132335
FWSOTX

SPOT FORECAST FOR BOULDER CREEK...USFS CWICC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
435 PM PDT FRI AUG 13 2010

IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

...HOT DRY AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS DEVELOPING BY EARLY TO MID WEEK...

A VERY WARM RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ALONG THE PACIFIC
COAST BEGINNING SUNDAY AND PERSIST INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.
HOT TEMPERATURES AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL RESULT IN
SIGNIFICANT CURING OF ALL FUELS...AND WILL ACCOMPANY UNSTABLE
CONDITIONS BY MONDAY. THOUGH TIMING IS UNCERTAIN...THE BREAKDOWN
OF THIS RIDGE APPEARS TO BE MID TO LATE WEEK...AFTER WHICH A
COOLING TREND WILL COMMENCE. GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THIS
RIDGE BREAKDOWN.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....49.
MAX HUMIDITY........63 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WIND 7 TO 10 MPH UNTIL 9 PM...THEN
                    NORTHEAST 4 TO 6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7500 FT AGL IN THE EVENING...BECOMING
                    500 FT AGL OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 8 TO 11 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....81.
MIN HUMIDITY........23 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7500 FT AGL BY 1 PM.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 11 TO 16 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

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FORECASTER...PB
REQUESTED BY...OKANOGAN-WENATCHEE NF
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100813.BOULD.01/OTX