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FWSOTX

SPOT FORECAST FOR BIRTHDAY...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
547 PM PDT SUN SEP 25 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1735 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 25.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

THE FIRST SYSTEM WILL DEPART THE AREA TO THE EAST TONIGHT...WITH
MOST OF THE SHOWER ACTIVITY ENDING AFTER THIS EVENING. ANOTHER MORE
POTENT SYSTEM WILL MOVE IN STARTING LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON WITH RAIN
DEVELOPING AND BECOMING MORE WIDESPREAD MONDAY NIGHT.  WETTING
RAINS SEEM QUITE LIKELY BY MONDAY NIGHT OVER THE FIRE ALONG WITH
MUCH STRONGER SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS BY MONDAY NIGHT.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........INCREASING CLOUDS THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...
                    THEN CLOUDY IN THE AFTERNOON. A CHANCE OF RAIN
                    BY LATE AFTERNOON...WITH MUCH BETTER CHANCES OF
                    RAIN BY MONDAY NIGHT.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....48.
MIN HUMIDITY........70 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 13 TO 17 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

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FORECASTER...FRIES
REQUESTED BY...KUCERA
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110925.BIRTH.02/OTX