FNUS76 KOTX 171323
FWSOTX

SPOT FORECAST FOR BOULDER CREEK...CWICC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
623 AM PDT TUE AUG 17 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1911 PDT ON AUGUST 16.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
ONE MORE DAY OF HOT AND DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THE FIRE AS THE
LOW-LEVEL THERMAL RIDGE REMAINS OVER THE AREA. STEEP LAPSE RATES
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS THERMAL RIDGE COULD BRING ACTIVE BURNING CONDITIONS
TODAY. THE THERMAL RIDGE WILL SLIP A LITTLE EAST OF THE FIRE OVERNIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY AS A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE DRIFTS THROUGH OREGON. THIS
WILL RESULT IN A GRADUAL COOLING TREND AS WELL AS INCREASING WESTERLY
WINDS. THE APPROACHING LOW WILL ALSO TRIGGER THUNDERSTORMS WELL
SOUTH OF THE FIRE OVERNIGHT...HOWEVER SOME OF THE CLOUDS FROM THESE
STORMS WILL PASS OVER THE FIRE LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY WHICH WILL
CONTRIBUTE TO POOR HUMIDITY RECOVERIES.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....82 AT TOP OF FIRE TO 88 NEAR BUMPING LAKE.
MIN HUMIDITY........17 TO 22 PERCENT
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE 1 TO 4 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR IN THE EVENING...THEN
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....60.
MAX HUMIDITY........47 PERCENT AT TOP OF FIRE TO 60 PERCENT
                    NEAR THE LAKE.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 3 TO 6 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE MORNING...THEN MOSTLY
                    SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....74 AT TOP TO 82 AT THE LAKE.
MIN HUMIDITY........25 TO 35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 3 TO 7 MPH
                    IN THE MORNING...INCREASING TO 6 TO 10
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS TO 17
                    MPH POSSIBLE AT TOP OF FIRE.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.

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FORECASTER...FX
REQUESTED BY...OKANOGAN-WENATCHEE NF
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100816.BOULD.01/OTX