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SPOT FORECAST FOR PRESTON FOX...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
655 AM PDT FRI OCT 22 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 PDT ON OCTOBER 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL BRING CLOUDS TO THE PRESTON FOX PROJECT AND
A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT MORNING RAIN. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL BRING
A BETTER CHANCE OF WETTING RAIN TO THE BURN SITE SATURDAY MORNING.
THEN...A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING A GOOD CHANCE OF HEAVY
RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS ON SUNDAY...FOLLOWED BY THE THREAT OF
ACCUMULATING SNOW AS LOW AS 4000 FEET SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY.
COOL AND UNSETTLED CONDITIONS WILL LINGER INTO TUESDAY.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    LIGHT RAIN IN THE MORNING.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....51.
MIN HUMIDITY........55 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 2 TO 4 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    BECOMING SOUTH 2 TO 5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE IN THE MORNING...BECOMING 3000 FT
                    AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 3 TO 6 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........INCREASING CLOUDS. CHANCE OF RAIN TOWARD
                    MORNING.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....38.
MAX HUMIDITY........95 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 1 TO 4 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 2 TO 6 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. RAIN LIKELY IN THE MORNING...DECREASING
                    TO A CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................40 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....48.
MIN HUMIDITY........56 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 2 TO 4 MPH IN THE MORNING...BECOMING
                    SOUTH 4 TO 7 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE IN THE MORNING...BECOMING 2600 FT
                    AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 3 TO 7 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

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FORECASTER...GK
REQUESTED BY...WENATCHEE RIVER RD
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20101022.PREST.02/OTX