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SPOT FORECAST FOR DEADMAN 52  53  55...COLVILLE USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
757 AM PDT TUE MAY 15 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1030 MDT ON MAY 15.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

VERY WARM AND DRY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE OVER THE BURN SITE
FOR ANOTHER DAY...WITH TEMPERATURES SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY.
TERRAIN DRIVEN WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING AND THROUGH
EARLY AFTERNOON...BUT MAY BECOME MORE WESTERLY LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES ON WEDNESDAY
WILL BE 6 TO 8 DEGREES COOLER...AND THE COOLING TREND WILL
CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY WITH AFTERNOON HIGHS ONLY REACHING THE
UPPER 60S.

THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING SOME OBSERVATIONS FROM YESTERDAY
AFTERNOON. HAVING THOSE OBS REALLY HELPS US!


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....85.
MIN HUMIDITY........19 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 1 TO 4 MPH THROUGH 1400 PDT
                    BECOMING WEST 2 TO 5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......BECOMING AS HIGH AS 3900 FT AGL BETWEEN
                    1300 AND 1800 PDT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 3 TO 6 MPH THROUGH 1400 PDT
                    BECOMING WEST OR SOUTHWEST 4 TO 7 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....43.
MAX HUMIDITY........75 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2 TO 4 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......AS LOW AS 300 FEET.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 3 TO 7 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY IN THE MORNING. PARTLY CLOUDY AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78.
MIN HUMIDITY........17 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WIND 2 TO 4 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    BECOMING WEST OR SOUTHWEST 5 TO 8 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS TO 13 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 4300 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 3 TO 6 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 7 TO 12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...GK
REQUESTED BY...SHANE ROBSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120515.DEADM.01/OTX