FNUS76 KOTX 232129
FWSOTX

SPOT FORECAST FOR FRIEDLANDER...COLVILLE BIA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
229 PM PDT MON APR 23 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1403 PDT ON APRIL 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE WILDFIRE THROUGH TONIGHT
BRINGING WARM AND MILD CONDITIONS. DESPITE THE PRESENCE OF THE
RIDGE...THE ATMOSPHERE WILL REMAIN QUITE UNSTABLE. THIS COULD
RESULT IN A SMALL CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS
EVENING. THE RIDGE WILL SHIFT SLIGHTLY EAST ON TUESDAY BRINGING
COOLER TEMPERATURES...BUT THE THREAT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL PERSIST.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....82.
MIN HUMIDITY........28 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 3 TO 6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 8 TO 12 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....50.
MAX HUMIDITY........86 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST TO NORTHWEST 3 TO 6 MPH. GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS
                    OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 5 TO 9 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND
                    A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
MIN HUMIDITY........29 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    16 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE IN THE MORNING...BECOMING 5000 FT
                    AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 10 TO 16 MPH.
LAL.................2.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....74.

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FORECASTER...FX
REQUESTED BY...CHARLES LAPLANTE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120423.FRIED.02/OTX