FNUS76 KOTX 021615
FWSOTX

SPOT FORECAST FOR QUARTZITE 73...USFS - COLVILLE NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
915 AM PDT SUN OCT 2 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1330 PDT ON OCTOBER 02.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A SMALL AREA OF MID LEVEL INSTABILITY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS SHOULD
STAY JUST EAST OF THE BURN AREA THIS MORNING WITH PARTLY SUNNY SKIES
EXPECTED THROUGH THE DAY. DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO
MONDAY EVENING...BEFORE A FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA OVERNIGHT MONDAY
NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. WETTING RAIN IS LIKELY WITH THIS FRONT.
A SECOND STORM SYSTEM WILL BRUSH THE REGION TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY
...WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF RAIN EXPECTED.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    MORNING NEAR THE BURN AREA.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....67.
MIN HUMIDITY........41 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE IN THE MORNING...BECOMING 3500 FT
                    AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 8 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 46.
MAX HUMIDITY........78 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST 3 TO 5 MPH OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3500 FT AGL IN THE EVENING...BECOMING NEAR
                    SURFACE OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 3 TO 7 MPH.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 66.
MIN HUMIDITY........39 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE MORNING SHIFTING
                    TO THE SOUTH 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE IN THE MORNING...BECOMING 3000 FT
                    AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 8 TO 12 MPH.

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FORECASTER...MF
REQUESTED BY...SHANE ROBSON - FUELS SPECIALIST
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20111002.QUART.01/OTX