FNUS76 KOTX 140438 FWSOTX SPOT FORECAST FOR HIGHWAY 17...SCIMT A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 938 PM PDT SAT AUG 13 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2220 MDT ON AUGUST 13. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... THE RIDGE THAT BROUGHT WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS ON SATURDAY WILL SHIFT EAST OF THE FIRE BRINGING COOLER TEMPERATURES...SLIGHTLY HIGHER HUMIDITY VALUES...AND CONTINUED GUSTY WINDS ON SUNDAY. ON MONDAY AN UPPER TROUGH WILL PASS THROUGH BRINGING CONTINUED COOLER TEMPERATURES BUT WITH DRY CONDITIONS LIKELY TO CONTINUE DUE TO DOWNSLOPE WEST WINDS OFF THE CASCADES. .SUNDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. CWR.................0 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 78. MIN HUMIDITY........27 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 3 TO 7 MPH IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. LAL.................1. HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW. $$ FORECASTER...JW REQUESTED BY...SCOTT BLYSTONE TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20110813.HIGHW.02/OTX