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SPOT FORECAST FOR WEST HELMS 2...US FISH AND WILDLIFE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
733 AM PDT THU OCT 21 2010

IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

...THE FIRST COLDFRONT WILL BE TONIGHT...FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER
WEAK FRONT FRIDAY NIGHT...THEN A STRONG COLD FRONT SUNDAY THAT WILL
PRODUCE WETTING RAINS AND GUSTY WEST WINDS. LIGHT RAIN WILL BE
POSSIBLE 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.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....66.
MIN HUMIDITY........28 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST 2 TO 4 MPH AT 740 AM...BECOMING VARIABLE
                    2 TO 4 MPH BY 1 PM.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL IN THE MORNING...BECOMING 2000 FT
                    AGL IN THE LATE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 3 TO 7 MPH.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....34.
MAX HUMIDITY........96 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST 2 TO 3 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 3 TO 7 MPH.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 58.
MIN HUMIDITY........42 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE IN THE MORNING...BECOMING 2500 FT
                    AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 8 TO 12 MPH.

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FORECASTER...PB
REQUESTED BY...DOUG FREDERICK
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20101021.WESTH.01/OTX