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SPOT FORECAST FOR SLIDE CREEK...COLVILLE USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
848 PM PDT THU AUG 26 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2129 MDT ON AUGUST 26.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
PRESSURE GRADIENTS WILL DECREASE TONIGHT LEADING TO DECREASING
WINDS OVER THE FIRE AREA. ON FRIDAY THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BECOME
UNSTABLE IN THE AFTERNOON DUE TO COLD AIR ALOFT AND AFTERNOON
SURFACE HEATING. THIS WILL LEAD TO A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE FIRE AREA.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. AREAS OF SMOKE.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 45.
MAX HUMIDITY........70 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 16 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 25 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING
                    LATE IN THE EVENING TO 5 TO 9 MPH...BECOMING
                    SOUTH 3 TO 6 MPH OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO NEAR SURFACE.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 7 TO 17 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 73 BOTTOM AND 64 TOP.
MIN HUMIDITY........AROUND 21 PERCENT BOTTOM AND 29 PERCENT TOP.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 3 TO 6 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 4 TO 7 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE IN THE MORNING...BECOMING 7000 FT
                    AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 8 TO 12 MPH.
LAL.................2.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

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FORECASTER...JW
REQUESTED BY...MATT DAUENHAUER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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