FNUS76 KOTX 241945
FWSOTX

SPOT FORECAST FOR CLARK CREEK WUI...COLVILLE BIA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1245 PM PDT TUE APR 24 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1400 PDT ON APRIL 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE AREA WILL MOVE EAST TODAY. THIS WILL
ALLOW THE STORM TRACK LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE HIGH
PRESSURE AREA TO MOVE IN CLOSER PROXIMITY AND SOME SHOWERS AND A
THUNDERSTORM OR TWO OVER THE BURN AREA TODAY...TONIGHT...AND
AGAIN TOMORROW. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL
IN ADDITION TO THE USUAL GUSTY WINDS. A VERY WET FRONT WILL MOVE
OVER THE SITE AND BRING A WETTING RAIN THURSDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND
                    ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH SMALL HAIL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 71.
MIN HUMIDITY........38 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 6 TO 10 MPH.
LAL.................2.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........DECREASING CLOUDS OVERNIGHT. SCATTERED RAIN
                    SHOWERS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 41.
MAX HUMIDITY........96 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 9 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO NEAR SURFACE OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 3 TO 6 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING CLOUDY. SLIGHT
                    CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN
                    CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 62.
MIN HUMIDITY........50 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 12 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE IN THE MORNING...BECOMING 3000 FT
                    AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 8 TO 11 MPH.
LAL.................2.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

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FORECASTER...RP
REQUESTED BY...CHARLES LAPLANTE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120424.CLARK.02/OTX