FNUS76 KOTX 302133
FWSOTX

SPOT FORECAST FOR FISH HATCHERY...OTHER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
233 PM PDT MON AUG 30 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1354 PDT ON AUGUST 30.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

A VIGOROUS...EARLY FALL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THE BEST CHANCE FOR RAIN AT THE
FISH HATCHERY FIRE WILL BE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.
WETTING RAINS WILL BE COMMON IN THE CASCADES AND IN THE MOUNTAINS OF
NORTHEAST WASHINGTON. HOWEVER...A RAIN SHADOW MAY LIMIT THE AMOUNT
OF RAIN IN NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON. A WETTING RAIN IS LESS CERTAIN
AT THE FISH HATCHERY FIRE.

A WARM RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL RETURN THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...
BRINGING TEMPERATURES BACK TO NORMAL. OVERNIGHT RELATIVE HUMIDITY
RECOVERIES WILL DECREASE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AS WARMING AND DRYING
BUILDS OVER THE REGION. THE UPPER RIDGE WILL LIKELY BREAK DOWN ON
SATURDAY...AS A COLD FRONT BRINGS COOLER TEMPERATURES AND THE
POTENTIAL FOR BREEZY CONDITIONS TO THE WILDFIRE AREA.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN LIKELY BY LATE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....63.
MIN HUMIDITY........43 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 4 TO 7 MPH IN THE MORNING...INCREASING
                    TO SOUTHWEST 6 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 18 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 4000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 8 TO 12 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

.TUESDAY NIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN LIKELY.
CWR.................50 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....46.
MAX HUMIDITY........83 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH 4 TO 7 MPH WITH GUSTS EVENING
                    GUSTS TO 16 MPH ON THE RIDGES. WIND DECREASING
                    TO VARIABLE 1 TO 3 MPH OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO 800 FEET OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 7 TO 12 MPH IN THE EVENING DECREASING
                    TO SOUTH 5 TO 8 MPH OVERNIGHT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

.WEDNESDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN RAIN LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....67.
MIN HUMIDITY........37 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 1 TO 4 MPH IN THE MORNING...BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 3 TO 6 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE IN THE MORNING...BECOMING 3000 FT
                    AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 8 TO 12 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

.THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...WARMER AND DRY. HIGHS RANGING FROM NEAR 80.
LOWS IN THE 40S.

.SATURDAY...WARM. POSSIBLY BREEZY. HIGH UPPER 70S. LOW IN THE
MID 40S.

.SUNDAY INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...COOLER WITH SHOWERS RETURNING.
HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MID 70S. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S TO 40S.

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FORECASTER...GK
REQUESTED BY...JOE BLAZEK
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100830.FISHH.01/OTX