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SPOT FORECAST FOR SLIDE CREEK...DNR - IMT 3
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1249 PM PDT TUE AUG 31 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1325 MDT ON AUGUST 31.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

A VIGOROUS...EARLY FALL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO EASTERN
WASHINGTON TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. WIDESPREAD RAINS ARE
ANTICIPATED WITH THE BEST CHANCE FOR RAIN AT THE SLIDE CREEK FIRE
TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE FIRE COULD RECEIVE BETWEEN A
TENTH AND A QUARTER INCH OF RAINFALL BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. BREEZY
SOUTHWEST WINDS WITH GUSTS OF 12 TO 18 MPH WILL AFFECT THE FIRE
AREA THIS EVENING. 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.........CLOUDY. RAIN.
CWR.................60 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 44.
MAX HUMIDITY........93 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 9 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH
                    IN THE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4500 FT AGL IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 1000
                    FT AGL OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 TO 17 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF
                    RAIN SHOWERS.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 72.
MIN HUMIDITY........38 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 2 TO 5 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    WEST 6 TO 9 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 7000
                    FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 8 TO 12 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

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FORECASTER...EK
REQUESTED BY...DEAN WARNER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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