FNUS76 KOTX 251325
FWSOTX

SPOT FORECAST FOR POWERLINE RD FIRE...IDL/CDA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
625 AM PDT MON JUL 25 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0605 PDT ON JULY 25.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

...ACTIVE THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING AND AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND
   EVENING...

CHANGES ARE CURRENTLY UNDERWAY THIS MORNING AS THE NEXT WEATHER
SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE REGION. WE ARE EXPECTING A STRONG COLD FRONT
PASSAGE TO MOVE THROUGH THE BURN AREA BETWEEN 1700-1900 THIS
AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING WILL DISSIPATE...BUT THEN
REBUILD AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT INCREASED AND GUSTY WINDS
AND COOLER TEMPERATURES. A SERIES OF WEAK DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE
THROUGH THE REGION ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY FOR COOL AND
UNSETTLED WEATHER THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THEN TEMPERATURES AND
RELATIVE HUMIDITY REBOUND TO NEAR NORMAL BY THE END OF THE WEEK.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH
                    ABOUT 0800. THEN A GOOD CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....81.
MIN HUMIDITY........29 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........DRAINAGE WINDS 3 TO 5 MPH THROUGH 0800...THEN
                    NORTHEAST-EAST 5 TO 10 MPH...BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 7 TO 12 MPH AFTER 1500. GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......BECOMING 7000 FT AGL AFTER 1200.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 6 TO 10 MPH.
LAL.................2.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY AND
                    SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH SMALL HAIL IN
                    THE EVENING...THEN SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS
                    AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................45 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....52.
MAX HUMIDITY........94 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 12 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25
                    MPH...BECOMING SOUTHEAST 6 TO 10 MPH AFTER
                    2200. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO NEAR THE SURFACE AFTER 2200.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 8 TO 12 MPH.
LAL.................4.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72.
MIN HUMIDITY........40 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 14 MPH. GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......BECOMING 5500 FT AGL AFTER 1100.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 8 TO 12 MPH.
LAL.................2.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

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FORECASTER...BT
REQUESTED BY...STAN GALLOWAY
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110725.POWER.01/OTX