FNUS76 KOTX 191651 FWSOTX SPOT FORECAST FOR BEAR SPRAY...CDC NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 951 AM PDT WED OCT 19 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 PDT ON OCTOBER 19. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... THICK HIGH CLOUDS WILL GRADUALLY MOVE EASTWARD TODAY. SKIES SHOULD BE MOSTLY CLEAR LATE IN THE DAY THROUGH THE EVENING. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH EASTERN WASHINGTON ON THURSDAY. LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE PRIEST LAKE AREA ON THURSDAY. THE THREAT FOR LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS WILL PERSIST THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH THE WEEKEND. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PATCHY FOG EARLY. THICK HIGH CLOUDS THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. SOME CLEARING POSSIBLE BY 2 PM OR 3 PM. CWR.................0 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....57. MIN HUMIDITY........48 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTH 1 TO 3 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING SOUTHWEST 3 TO 6 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......AS HIGH AS 1900 FEET IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 4 TO 7 MPH. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. CWR.................0 PERCENT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....35-38. MAX HUMIDITY........93-96 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2 TO 4 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE 1 TO 3 MPH OVERNIGHT. MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 2 TO 4 MPH THROUGH 5 PM...BECOMING VARIABLE 1 TO 4 MPH THROUGH THE NIGHT. .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. CWR.................15 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 53. MIN HUMIDITY........69 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 2 TO 5 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING SOUTHWEST 4 TO 7 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE IN THE MORNING...BECOMING 1500 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 3 TO 7 MPH INCREASING TO 6 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. $$ FORECASTER...GK REQUESTED BY...KATY MELUN TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20111019.BEARS.01/OTX