FNUS76 KOTX 291407
FWSOTX

SPOT FORECAST FOR TUMWATER CANYON...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
707 AM PDT MON AUG 29 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1831 PDT ON AUGUST 28.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL RESULT IN COOLER TEMPERATURES AND
INCREASING WINDS OUT OF THE NORTHWEST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING HOURS. GOOD TO EXCELLENT RH RECOVERIES WILL OCCUR TONIGHT
AS COLDER AIR PUSHES IN FROM COASTAL AREAS WEST OF THE CASCADE
CREST. THIS WILL LEAD TO EVEN MORE SIGNIFICANT COOLING ON TUESDAY
WITH HIGHER RH VALUES THAN WHAT IS EXPECTED FOR TODAY.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 84.
MIN HUMIDITY........25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 2 TO 5 MPH THROUGH EARLY
                    AFTERNOON THEN SHIFTING WEST TO NORTHWEST
                    AND PICKING UP TO 8 TO 13 MPH WITH GUSTS UP
                    TO 22 MPH POSSIBLE
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1. HAINES
INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 50.
MAX HUMIDITY........86 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 11 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 25 MPH IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO
                    6 TO 10 MPH OUT OF THE NORTHWEST OVERNIGHT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 72.
MIN HUMIDITY........36 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

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FORECASTER...SVH
REQUESTED BY...KEVIN SMITH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110828.TUMWA.02/OTX