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SPOT FORECAST FOR ROGERS...USFS - COLVILLE NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
621 AM PDT THU AUG 11 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0559 PDT ON AUGUST 11.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

AN EXITING UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL LEAVE ENOUGH INSTABILITY FOR
CUMULUS DEVELOPMENT OVER MOUNTAIN PEAKS...WITH A SMALL CHANCE OF AN
AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORM ON THE MOUNTAIN PEAKS NEAR THE FIRE AREA.
OTHERWISE DRY AND SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL DOMINATE
THE FIRE AREA. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND WILL BECOME TERRAIN DRIVEN
THIS AFTERNOON.

FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL STRENGTHEN
AND TEMPERATURES WILL WARM FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. WINDS WILL BE
MAINLY LIGHT AND TERRAIN DRIVEN. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO
THE 80S. LOOK FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF NOCTURNAL THERMAL BELTS
FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY NIGHT...LEADING TO FAIR TO POOR
RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERIES.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON
                    THUNDERSTORMS OVER NEARBY PEAKS.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73.
MIN HUMIDITY........30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 1 TO 4 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    UPSLOPE 4 TO 6 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY
                    AND ERRATIC WINDS POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
LAL.................2.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 52.
MAX HUMIDITY........55 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........DOWNSLOPE 2 TO 5 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 78.
MIN HUMIDITY........24 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE 4 TO 6 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

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FORECASTER...MF
REQUESTED BY...NE DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110811.ROGER.01/OTX