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SPOT FORECAST FOR CRESCENT...CDC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
100 PM PDT FRI AUG 27 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1237 PDT ON AUGUST 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

LIGHTER WINDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT IN THE
WAKE OF YESTERDAY'S COLD FRONT RELAX. TEMPERATURES WILL BE AS MUCH
AS 20 DEGREES COOLER TODAY BUT DEW POINTS WILL ALSO DECREASE CREATING
SEASONABLY DRY CONDITIONS. COOLER THAN NORMAL CONDITIONS WITH GOOD
OVERNIGHT RH RECOVERIES ARE EXPECTED INTO THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK.
EXPECT SHOWERS AROUND THE FIRE AREA TODAY THEN A BETTER CHANCE FOR
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SHOWERS IN THE AREA THROUGH
                    SUNSET...MAINLY NEAR THE HIGHER TERRAIN.
CWR.................LESS THAN 10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 70.
MIN HUMIDITY........30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH-SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 10 MPH WITH GUST TO
                    15 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY...THEN CLEARING THROUGH THE NIGHT.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....38.
MAX HUMIDITY........87 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST-NORTH 3 TO 7 MPH AFTER
                    2200.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING...BECOMING MOSTLY
                    CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72.
MIN HUMIDITY........27 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 2 TO 5 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO 9 MPH AFTER 1200.
LAL.................1...BECOMING 2 IN THE AFTERNOON..
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

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FORECASTER...BT
REQUESTED BY...GARDIN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100827.CRESC.01/OTX