FNUS76 KOTX 081727
FWSOTX

SPOT FORECAST FOR UMTANUM 2...CWICC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1027 AM PDT SUN JUL 8 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0931 PDT ON JULY 08.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM
PDT MONDAY...

.DISCUSSION...
HOT TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TODAY CARE OF A STRONG UPPER
LEVEL RIDGE. THE FLOW UNDER THE RIDGE WILL DRAW
MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY NORTHWARD TOWARD THE FIRE WITH A
SMALL CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDER
CHANCES WILL INCREASE STEADILY THROUGH THE NIGHT AND INTO
EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD CONTAIN BRIEF
HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS. COOLER AND DRIER
CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP BY EARLY MONDAY EVENING AS A WEAK COLD
FRONT PUSHES THROUGH. THE FRONT WILL SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THE
CHANCES FOR ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TUESDAY...BUT WILL
BE ACCOMPANIED BY BREEZY NORTHWEST WINDS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY THIS MORNING THEN PARTLY CLOUDY
                    WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER
                    1700.
CWR.................NEAR 0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....96
MIN HUMIDITY........17 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE OR SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WIND 2 TO 5 MPH.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......9000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 3 TO 7 MPH.
LAL.................1 THROUGH 1700 THEN INCREASING 2.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................25 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....67.
MAX HUMIDITY........65 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 3 TO 6 MPH IN THE
                    EVENING...BECOMING NORTH TO NORTHWEST
                    OVERNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS WITH
                    GUSTS TO 30 MPH POSSIBLE.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 6 TO 10 MPH.
LAL.................3.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS DECREASING LATE IN THE DAY.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....93.
MIN HUMIDITY........25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 3 TO 7 MPH IN THE MORNING BUT
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC  WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH POSSIBLE.
                    WIND INCREASING TO 7 TO 11 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON
                    WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2500 FT AGL IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 7000
                    FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 5 TO 9 MPH INCREASING TO 12 TO 18 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
LAL.................3.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

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FORECASTER...FX
REQUESTED BY...CWICC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120708.UMTAN.01/OTX