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SPOT FORECAST FOR HUNGRY CARIBOU  4...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1038 AM PDT MON SEP 26 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 26.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A MOIST PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING AN INCREASE IN CLOUDS TO THE
BURN TODAY...WITH RAIN BY LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING. TUESDAY LIGHT
SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE...BUT GENERALLY WARMER AND DRIER THAN
TODAY. A DRYING AND WARMING TREND WILL CONTINUE WEDNESDAY AND LAST
THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE
                    LATE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....66.
MIN HUMIDITY........45 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE NOW...BECOMING 2500 FT
                    AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 10 TO 15 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN.
CWR.................45 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....53.
MAX HUMIDITY........80 PERCENT OR HIGHER.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2500 FT AGL IN THE EVENING...BECOMING NEAR
                    SURFACE OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS.
CWR.................25 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70.
MIN HUMIDITY........35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH IN THE MORNING SHIFTING
                    TO THE SOUTHWEST 9 TO 14 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO
                    25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE IN THE MORNING...BECOMING 3500 FT
                    AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 13 TO 17 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

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FORECASTER...LN
REQUESTED BY...GRETCHEN LECH
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110926.HUNGR.01/OTX