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SPOT FORECAST FOR TUMWATER CANYON...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
705 AM PDT TUE AUG 30 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1820 PDT ON AUGUST 29.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

THOUGH A DRY FORECAST IS EXPECTED AT THE BURN SITE...THERE WILL
BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE SURROUNDING MTNS. WINDS WILL
BE TRICKY AS THE BURN SITE LOOKS TO BE FAIRLY WELL SHELTERED FROM
THE GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS FORCED BY A TIGHT PRESSURE
GRADIENT IN THE AREA. LOOKS AS IF WINDS WILL BE SIMILAR TO
YESTERDAY...BUT THERE IS A CHANCE FOR A GUST OR TWO COMING MORE
OUT OF THE NORTH IF STRONGER WINDS ALOFT MIX DOWN. COOLING TREND
WILL CONTINUE INTO TOMORROW WITH GOOD RH RECOVERIES AT THE BURN SITE
OVERNIGHT.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-72.
MIN HUMIDITY........33 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 3 TO 7 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 46.
MAX HUMIDITY........83 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 2 TO 6 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    SHIFTING TO THE DOWNSLOPE/DOWN VALLEY 1 TO 4
                    MPH OVERNIGHT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....65-67.
MIN HUMIDITY........37 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 3 TO 7 MPH. WINDS MAY BECOME
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
LAL.................2.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

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FORECASTER...SVH
REQUESTED BY...MONIKA NICHOLSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110829.TUMWA.01/OTX