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SPOT FORECAST FOR SLIDE CREEK...NE DNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA...CORRECTED TO ADD WEDNESDAY
148 PM PDT MON AUG 30 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1235 MDT 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. WIDESPREAD RAINS ARE ANTICIPATED
WITH THE BEST CHANCE FOR RAIN AT THE SLIDE CREEK FIRE TUESDAY NIGHT
INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE FORECAST MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT
THAT BETWEEN A TENTH OF AND INCH AND A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF RAIN
WILL FALL BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. A WARM RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL
RETURN THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...BRINGING TEMPERATURES BACK TO NORMAL.
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.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE EVENING WITH A CHANCE
                    OF SHOWERS IN THE EVENING. A SLIGHT CHANCE
                    OF A THUNDERSTORM EARLY IN THE EVENING.
                    BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....43-47.
MAX HUMIDITY........84-88 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 2 TO 6 MPH IN THE EVENING...LOCALLY
                    GUSTY TO 20 MPH NEAR SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS.
                    WIND DECREASING TO DOWNSLOPE/DOWN VALLEY
                    2 TO 4 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO NEAR SURFACE OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 3 TO 6 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN LATE IN THE DAY.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....BOTTOM ELEVATION...65. TOP ELEVATION...54.
MIN HUMIDITY........45 PERCENT BOTTOM ELEVATION.
                    56 PERCENT TOP ELEVATION.
WIND (20 FT)........LOW ELEVATION...VARIABLE 1 TO 3 MPH IN THE
                    MORNING BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 8 MPH WITH GUSTS
                    TO 18 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
                    TOP ELEVATION...SOUTH 3 TO 6 MPH IN THE
                    MORNING...INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 8 TO 11 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO 22 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE IN THE MORNING...BECOMING 4500 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.................70 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....46-51.
MAX HUMIDITY........92-98 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 3 TO 6 MPH. WITH GUSTS EVENING
                    GUSTS TO 20 MPH ON THE RIDGES.
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...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. HIGHS
RANGING FROM NEAR 70 IN THE VALLEY TO UPPER 50S AT THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS OF THE FIRE. LOWS IN THE 40S. CHANCE OF WETTING
RAIN 30 PERCENT.

.THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...WARMER AND DRY. HIGHS RANGING FROM LOW
TO MID 80S IN THE VALLEY TO 70-75 AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF
THE FIRE. LOWS IN THE 40S.

.SATURDAY...WARM. POSSIBLY BREEZY. HIGH LOW 80S IN THE VALLEY AND
UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF FIRE. LOW IN THE
UPPER 40S TO LOWER 50S.

.SUNDAY INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...COOLER WITH SHOWERS RETURNING.
HIGHS IN THE 60S AND 70S. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S TO 40S.


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FORECASTER...GK
REQUESTED BY...DEAN WARNER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100830.SLIDE.01/OTX