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FWSOTX

SPOT FORECAST FOR ACE OF SPADES...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1136 AM PDT TUE AUG 30 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1107 PDT ON AUGUST 30.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL DROP OVER THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY. AHEAD
OF THE TROUGH GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL OCCUR ALONG WITH DRY
CONDITIONS TODAY. THEN AS THE TROUGH DESCENDS OUT OF BRITISH
COLUMBIA ON WEDNESDAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP WITH
A CHANCE OF THIS ACTIVITY IMPACTING THE FIRE AREA. DRIER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WITH A WARMING TREND
THIS WEEKEND INTO NEXT WEEK.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 70.
MIN HUMIDITY........33 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE WIND 3 TO 6 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 3
                    TO 6 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH EARLY IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 50.
MAX HUMIDITY........69 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................40 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 61.
MIN HUMIDITY........50 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH. AFTERNOON GUSTS UP
                    TO 20 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
LAL.................3 IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

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FORECASTER...JW
REQUESTED BY...DOUG NACE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110830.ACEOF.01/OTX