FNUS76 KOTX 212135
FWSOTX

SPOT FORECAST FOR KENT LAKE...OTHER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
235 PM PDT SAT AUG 21 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1412 PDT ON AUGUST 21.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...BREEZY AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY THIS EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH NORTH IDAHO BY EARLY THIS EVENING.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL BE VERY LOW THIS EVENING (30-35 PERCENT)
...AND WILL NOT RECOVER MUCH UNTIL EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. MOISTURE
WILL RETURN TO THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE ON SUNDAY...AND CHANCES FOR
PRECIPITATION WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY. BY MID AFTERNOON...THERE
WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW LIGHTNING STRIKES IN THE VICINITY OF
THE KENT LAKE WILDFIRE. BREEZY WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY
EVENING...AND GRADUALLY DIMINISH BY MONDAY MORNING.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 45.
MAX HUMIDITY........52 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 14 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    28 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO 1000 FT AGL OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 13 TO 17 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    MORNING. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY AND SLIGHT
                    CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................55 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 52.
MIN HUMIDITY........46 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 5500 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 11 TO 15 MPH.
LAL.................2.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

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FORECASTER...GK
REQUESTED BY...MARY ANN HAMILTON
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100821.KENTL.01/OTX