FNUS76 KOTX 242040 FWSOTX SPOT FORECAST FOR MOSSY CLIFF...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 140 PM PDT SAT SEP 24 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1500 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 24. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... TODAY WILL BE UNSEASONABLY HOT...WITH RECORD HIGHS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE. A COLD FRONT WILL ARRIVE ON SUNDAY BRINGING COOLER CONDITIONS. CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION WILL INCREASE LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY NIGHT...BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT WILL LIKELY BE LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. A WETTER COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY...WITH A MUCH BETTER CHANCE OF RECEIVING MORE THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. THE MONDAY NIGHT/TUESDAY FRONT COULD PRODUCE A QUARTER OF AN INCH OR MORE DEPENDING ON THE SPEED OF THIS SYSTEM. GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WELL SUNDAY AFTERNOON. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. CWR.................0 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....90 MIN HUMIDITY........24 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST AT 2 TO 5 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......4200 FT AGL TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 7 TO 10 MPH. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. CWR.................0 PERCENT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....53. MAX HUMIDITY........54 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........BECOMING EAST AT 1 TO 4 MPH BY 9 PM. MIXING HEIGHT.......4200 FT EARLY IN THE EVENING...BECOMING NEAR BY MIDNIGHT. TRANSPORT WINDS.....DECREASING TO SOUTHEAST 4 TO 6 MPH BY MIDNIGHT. .SUNDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY LATE. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE LATE AFTERNOON. CWR.................0 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....75. MIN HUMIDITY........28 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........EAST AT 1 TO 4 MPH IN THE MORNING...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH AROUND 1 PM. GUSTS TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE IN THE MORNING...BECOMING 4000 FT AGL BY 1 PM. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 13 TO 17 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...PB REQUESTED BY...STACHOWSKY TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110924.MOSSY.01/OTX