FNUS76 KOTX 301705
FWSOTX

SPOT FORECAST FOR NOCELLY...OTHER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1005 AM PDT MON AUG 30 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1007 MDT ON AUGUST 30.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
SUNSHINE THIS MORNING...WILL GIVE WAY TO INCREASING CLOUDS AND
A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THE STRONGER CELLS IN
THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF
HEAVY RAIN...LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS...AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
THE BEST CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON WILL
BE BETWEEN 2 PM AND 6 PM.

THE WEATHER ON TUESDAY WILL CONTINUE TO BE COOL...AND CHANCES FOR
RAIN WILL INCREASE LATE IN THE DAY. A VIGOROUS EARLY FALL STORM
SYSTEM WILL BRING A GOOD CHANCE OF WETTING RAIN TO THE NOCELLY FIRE
TUESDAY NIGHT. BY WEDNESDAY MORNING...THE FIRE COULD RECEIVE BETWEEN
A QUARTER AND A HALF INCH OF RAIN.



.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY THIS MORNING. BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH
                    A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....66.
MIN HUMIDITY........28 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 2 TO 4 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......BECOMING 5500 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 4 TO 6 MPH.
LAL.................2.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE RAIN SHOWERS AND
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 43.
MAX HUMIDITY........73 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 2 TO 4 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    DOWNSLOPE/DOWN VALLEY 1 TO 4 MPH. GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN
                    THE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4500 FT AGL IN THE EVENING...BECOMING NEAR
                    SURFACE OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 4 TO 6 MPH IN THE EVENING...BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 4 TO 8 MPH OVERNIGHT.
LAL.................2.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN RAIN LIKELY BY LATE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....60.
MIN HUMIDITY........38 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 3 TO 6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE IN THE MORNING...BECOMING 4000 FT
                    AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 8 TO 12 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

$$
FORECASTER...GK
REQUESTED BY...JOHN HEYN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100830.NOCEL.01/OTX