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SPOT FORECAST FOR FAWN 24 46...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1242 PM PDT THU OCT 14 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1250 PDT ON OCTOBER 14.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE AREA OVERNIGHT BRINGING
GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING MAINLY TO THE
RIDGETOPS IN THE VICINITY OF THE BURN AREA RATHER THAN THE MIDSLOPE
AND VALLEY LOCATION OF THE BURN ITSELF. THIS FRONT MAY BRING LIGHT
SPRINKLES TO THE BURN AREA OVERNIGHT AND INTO TOMORROW MORNING.
TEMPERATURES WILL BE NOTICEABLY COOLER TOMORROW. OTHERWISE...
RIDGING AHEAD OF THIS FRONT WILL KEEP SKIES GENERALLY CLEAR TODAY.
.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 57.
MIN HUMIDITY........48 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY OR SOUTHEAST 1-4 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000-1500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 2 TO 6 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........BECOMING NEAR BREEZY AT THE RIDGETOPS
                    OTHERWISE MOSTLY CLOUDY. SOME LIGHT SPRINKLES.
CWR.................NEAR 0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 38.
MAX HUMIDITY........88 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH AT RIDGE-LINE OF
                    METHOW VALLEY...VARIABLE 1-4 MPH AT
                    MIDSLOPE AND IN THE VALLEY ITSELF.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....VARIABLE 1-4 MPH IN THE VALLEY AND AT
                    MIDSLOPE...AS STRONG AS WEST 12 TO 15 MPH
                    AT THE RIDGE TOP.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........BREEZY AT THE RIDGETOPS OTHERWISE
                    MOSTLY SUNNY. SOME LIGHT SPRINKLES
                    IN THE MORNING.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 47.
MIN HUMIDITY........39 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........AT THE RIDGE-LINE WEST WINDS 12 TO 17 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    DECREASING TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON...BUT
                    AT THE MIDSLOPE AND VALLEY VARIABLE OR
                    UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 1-4 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS
                    TO 19 MPH POSSIBLY MIXING DOWN AT TIMES.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE IN THE MORNING...BECOMING 2000 FT
                    AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 18 TO 22 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

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FORECASTER...RP
REQUESTED BY...CWICC
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20101014.FAWN2.01/OTX