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SPOT FORECAST FOR SLIDE CREEK...DNR - IMT 3
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
320 PM PDT SAT AUG 28 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1554 MDT ON AUGUST 28.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

A COOL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION THROUGH
TUESDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN COOLER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND
THE CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE
PERIOD. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO BUILD BACK INTO THE REGION
NEXT THURSDAY WITH CONDITIONS RETURNING TO NEAR NORMAL BY FRIDAY.
ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED FOR NEXT SUNDAY.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND A
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
                    THEN VARIABLE CLOUDS THROUGH THE NIGHT.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....42.
MAX HUMIDITY........65-70 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH. WINDS GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO NEAR THE SURFACE OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 3 TO 9 MPH.
LAL.................2.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE MORNING. THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY
                    WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72.
MIN HUMIDITY........34 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH-NORTHEAST 2 TO 5 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    BECOMING SOUTH-SOUTHEAST 5 TO 8 MPH AFTER 1200
                    THEN WEST AFTER 1600.
MIXING HEIGHT.......BECOMING 8000 FT AGL AFTER 1200.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 7 TO 10 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

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FORECASTER...BT
REQUESTED BY...DEAN WARNER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100828.SLIDE.01/OTX