FNUS76 KOTX 150141
FWSOTX

SPOT FORECAST FOR GROUSE RIDGE...IDL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
641 PM PDT SAT MAY 14 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1804 PDT ON MAY 14.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TO OUR SOUTH WILL BRING RAIN FOR SUNDAY.
THE RAIN SHOULD REMAIN SOUTH AND WEST OF THE FIRE TONIGHT.
WETTING RAINS BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING ARE LIKELY.
EXPECT STRONG AND GUSTY EASTERLY THROUGH THE EVENING.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........INCREASING CLOUDS THROUGH THE NIGHT. ISOLATED
                    RAIN SHOWERS OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....41.
MAX HUMIDITY........80 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 16 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25
                    MPH. WINDS DECREASING AFTER MIDNIGHT TO 10
                    TO 15 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE MORNING...THEN
                    RAIN LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON. A SLIGHT
                    CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
                    RAIN BY THE EVENING.
CWR.................10 PERCENT IN THE MORNING...BECOMING NEAR
                    100 PERCENT BY THE LATE AFTERNOON/EVENING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....64.
MIN HUMIDITY........45 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. WINDS SWITCHING TO THE
                    WEST IN THE LATE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
LAL.................2.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

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FORECASTER...LN
REQUESTED BY...KATY MELUN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110514.GROUS.01/OTX