FNUS76 KOTX 232151 FWSOTX SPOT FORECAST FOR SCHELL S SAWLOG...CDC NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 251 PM PDT MON APR 23 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1500 PDT ON APRIL 23. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA 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.........MOSTLY SUNNY. CWR.................0 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....74. MIN HUMIDITY........41 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE OR SOUTHWEST 2 TO 5 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......3500 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 8 TO 12 MPH. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS BY LATE EVENING. CWR.................20 PERCENT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....51. MAX HUMIDITY........90 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH 2 TO 5 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 3 TO 7 MPH. LAL.................2. .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY AND CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................35 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....65. MIN HUMIDITY........55 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WIND 2 TO 5 MPH INCREASING TO 5 TO 9 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. MIXING HEIGHT.......4500 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 7 TO 11 MPH. LAL.................3. $$ FORECASTER...FX REQUESTED BY...JOSH HARVEY TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120423.SCHEL.01/OTX