FNUS76 KOTX 231300
FWSOTX

SPOT FORECAST FOR SE PALMER...TURNBULL NWR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
600 AM PDT MON APR 23 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 PDT ON APRIL 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
ANOTHER WARM DAY TODAY WITH SOUTHERLY FLOW ALOFT UNDER THE WEST
FLANK OF AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE. A WEAK SURFACE THERMAL TROUGH IS
LAYING OVER THE COLUMBIA BASIN TODAY. A WEAK NORTHEASTERLY SURFACE
WIND THIS MORNING WILL BECOME CALM AS THE NOCTURNAL INVERSION
BREAKS AROUND 10 AM TODAY...AND THEN LIGHT SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BEGIN
AROUND NOON...AND CONTINUE THROUGH 5 PM. TONIGHT THE SURFACE TROUGH
WILL MOVE EAST OF THE AREA SO OVERNIGHT WINDS WILL REMAIN LIGHT FROM
THE SOUTH. TODAY WILL BE DRY WITH OCCASIONAL HIGH CLOUDS. TONIGHT A
WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL BRING SCATTERED NOCTURNAL SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS
WILL CROSS THE BURN AREA AFTER 10 PM AS OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM
NEARBY THUNDERSTORMS OVER-RUN THE BURN AREA. ON TUESDAY A COOLER AND
MORE MOIST AIR MASS WILL BRING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND A POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORM. THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE A FEW
HUNDREDTHS TO OVER .10 INCH OR RAIN ON THE BURN AREA THROUGH THE DAY
TUESDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....82.
MIN HUMIDITY........31 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST 2 TO 4 MPH BEFORE 10 AM. VERY LIGHT AND
                    VARIABLE BETWEEN 10 AM AND NOON. SOUTHWEST 5 TO 7
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND
                    ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....52.
MAX HUMIDITY........86 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    SOUTH 2 TO 5 MPH OVERNIGHT. GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS
                    OVERNIGHT.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73.
MIN HUMIDITY........38 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...MF
REQUESTED BY...KEN MEINHART
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120423.SEPAL.01/OTX