FNUS76 KOTX 252100 FWSOTX SPOT FORECAST FOR HUNTER...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 200 PM PDT MON JUL 25 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1337 PDT ON JULY 25. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... ...ACTIVE THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING AND AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... A COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE BURN AREA EARLY THIS EVENING BRINGING GUSTY WINDS. AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THEN WITH THE FRONT PASSAGE SHOWERS ARE LIKELY ALONG WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. ON TUESDAY THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS DUE TO RESIDUAL INSTABILITY AND MOISTURE OVER THE AREA. A GRADUAL WARMING AND DRYING TREND IS EXPECTED FOR THE MIDDLE TO END OF THE WEEK. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1600. CWR.................10 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 84. MIN HUMIDITY........37 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 4 TO 7 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. LAL.................2. HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY AND A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH SMALL HAIL IN THE EVENING...THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT. CWR.................50 PERCENT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 54. MAX HUMIDITY........95 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH IN THE EVENING SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 2 TO 5 MPH OVERNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. LAL.................3. HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW. .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................0 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 76. MIN HUMIDITY........38 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 2 TO 4 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING SOUTHWEST 4 TO 7 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. LAL.................1. HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW. $$ FORECASTER...JW REQUESTED BY...DOUG NACE TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20110725.HUNTE.01/OTX