FNUS76 KOTX 221710
FWSOTX

SPOT FORECAST FOR MINERS CREEK...OTHER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1010 AM PDT SUN AUG 22 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1029 MDT ON AUGUST 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

COOL UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE WILL BRING SHOWERY AND MOIST CONDITIONS
TO THE MINERS CREEK WILDFIRE AREA TODAY. BANDS OF LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS
WILL MOVE OVER THE WILDFIRE THIS MORNING. REDEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED
SHOWERS IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...AND SOME OF THE STRONGER CELLS
COULD PRODUCE A FEW LIGHTNING STRIKES. SHOWERS WILL DISSIPATE THIS
EVENING...AND TOMORROW SHOULD BE A DRY DAY. TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN
TO AVERAGE BY TUESDAY. WEDNESDAY WILL BE HOT. THEN A STRONG COLD
FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH NORTH IDAHO ON THURSDAY BRINGING WINDY
CONDITIONS TO THE FIRE.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS. ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70 BOTTOM ELEVATION. 58 TOP ELEVATION.
MIN HUMIDITY........33 PERCENT BOTTOM ELEVATION.  44 PERCENT TOP.
WIND (20 FT)........VALLEY/MID SLOPE...UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 1 TO 4 MPH
                    THROUGH NOON. BECOMING SOUTHWEST 4 TO 8 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO 18 MPH.
                    RIDGE TOP...SOUTH 4 TO 8 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST
                    8 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS 24 MPH.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 6000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH.
LAL.................2.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....44-48.
MAX HUMIDITY........65-70 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VALLEY/MID SLOPE...SOUTHWEST 4 TO 8 MPH WITH
                    EARLY EVENING GUSTS TO 22 MPH. WIND DECREASING
                    TO DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2 TO 4 MPH BY LATE
                    EVENING.
                    RIDGE TOP...WEST 9 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    25 MPH...DECREASING TO WEST 3 TO 7 MPH
                    OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO 800 FT AGL OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 13 TO 17 MPH...DECREASING TO
                    7 TO 10 MPH.
LAL.................2.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72 BOTTOM ELEVATION. 61 TOP ELEVATION.
MIN HUMIDITY........29 PERCENT BOTTOM. 36 TOP ELEVATION.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 2 TO 5 MPH.
                    RIDGE TOP...SOUTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 7 MPH IN THE
                    MORNING...INCREASING TO 7 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 5000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 8 TO 12 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

$$
FORECASTER...GK
REQUESTED BY...TRAVIS BERTI
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100822.MINER.01/OTX