FNUS76 KOTX 230129
FWSOTX

SPOT FORECAST FOR HORSE RACE...SPOKANE BIA-SPA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
629 PM PDT FRI JUN 22 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1757 PDT ON JUNE 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE
HORSE RACE WILDFIRE TONIGHT...TOMORROW...AND TOMORROW NIGHT. RAIN
AMOUNTS WITH THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SPOTTY...BUT
THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE THAT A TENTH TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF
RAIN WILL FALL BY SUNDAY MORNING. AS ALWAYS...GUSTY AND ERRATIC
WINDS MAY ACCOMPANY THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING...AND AGAIN TOMORROW
AFTERNOON.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................90 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 55.
MAX HUMIDITY........93 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH OR SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH. GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN
                    THE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4400 FT AGL THROUGH 1900 PDT...BECOMING AS
                    LOW AS 500 FEET OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 8 TO 12 MPH IN THE EVENING...BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 4 TO 8 MPH TOWARD MORNING.
LAL.................3.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY THROUGH THE
                    DAY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................50 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 73.
MIN HUMIDITY........47 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 1 TO 4 MPH BECOMING SOUTHEAST 3 TO
                    5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 3800 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 4 TO 7 MPH.
LAL.................2.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.SATURDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN
                    THE EVENING...DECREASING TO A CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....53.
MAX HUMIDITY........90 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 4 TO 7 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    VARIABLE 0 TO 3 MPH OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......BECOMING NEAR SURFACE OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    NORTHEAST 2 TO 4 MPH OVERNIGHT.
LAL.................2 IN THE EVENING. 1 OVERNIGHT.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

$$
FORECASTER...GK
REQUESTED BY...MARLA RAYMOND
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120622.HORSE.01/OTX