FNUS76 KOTX 161250
FWSOTX

SPOT FORECAST FOR HALE PILES...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
450 AM PST WED NOV 16 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0630 MST ON NOVEMBER 16.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
EXPECT THICKENING CLOUDS TODAY AS A WET AND WINDY STORM SYSTEM
IMPACTS THE BURN SITE OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. SNOW WILL LIKELY
BEGIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW THIS
EVENING. A WARM FRONT CROSSING THE REGION WILL BRING RISING SNOW
LEVELS AND ALLOW SOUTHWEST WINDS TO INCREASE DRAMATICALLY DURING
THE LATE EVENING HOURS. EXPECT A BREAK IN THE ACTION THURSDAY...
BUT ANOTHER SNOWY AND LESS WINDY STORM SYSTEM WILL LIKELY IMPACT
THE AREA LATE FRIDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY EARLY IN THE MORNING WITH CLOUDS
                    THICKENING AND LOWERING AS THE DAY PROGRESSES.
                    SNOW LIKELY IN THE LATE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................55 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....33.
MIN HUMIDITY........59 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH-NORTHEAST WINDS OF 1 TO 3 MPH IN THE
                    MORNING BECOMING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 4 TO 7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......BECOMING 1500 FT AGL AFTER 1100.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH-SOUTHEAST AT 12 TO 15 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SNOW SWITCHING TO RAIN SHOWERS
                    OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................80 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....31.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH-SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 16 MPH IN THE EVENING SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHWEST AT 13 TO 17 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR
                    35 MPH AFTER 2000.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR THE SURFACE.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST-SOUTHWEST AT 20 TO 25 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN OR SNOW
                    SHOWERS.
CWR.................5.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....41.
MIN HUMIDITY........56 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 11 TO 14 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 25 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......BECOMING 2500 FT AGL AFTER 1100.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST-SOUTHWEST AT 18 TO 21 MPH.

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FORECASTER...CN
REQUESTED BY...ANNA LAHDE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20111116.HALEP.01/OTX