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SPOT FORECAST FOR WEST HELMS...US FISH AND WILDLIFE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
805 AM PDT WED OCT 20 2010

IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

...THE FIRST COLDFRONT WILL BE THURSDAY NIGHT...FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER
WEAK FRONT SATURDAY...THEN A STRONG COLD FRONT SUNDAY THAT WILL
PRODUCE WETTING RAINS AND GUSTY WEST WINDS. LIGHT RAIN CAN BE
EXPECTED WITH THE FIRST TWO FRONTS...

STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL PERSIST OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
THROUGH THURSDAY. MIXING HEIGHTS WILL BE QUITE LOW UNDER STRONG
UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE. A MAJOR PATTERN CHANGE IS EXPECTED THIS
WEEKEND. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE LIGHT TODAY AND TONIGHT.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....66.
MIN HUMIDITY........27 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST 3 TO 6 MPH THROUGH 130 PM...THEN
                    SOUTHEAST 2 TO 4 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL IN THE MORNING...BECOMING 2000 FT
                    AGL IN THE LATE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 3 TO 7 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....30.
MAX HUMIDITY........96 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........BECOMING SOUTHEAST 2 TO 5 MPH BY 10 PM.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 3 TO 7 MPH.

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FORECASTER...PB
REQUESTED BY...DOUG FREDERICK
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20101020.WESTH.02/OTX