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SPOT FORECAST FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY COMPLEX ROAD A FIRE...OTHER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1045 PM PDT MON JUL 16 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2304 MDT ON JULY 16.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

AN DEEP AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL REMAIN FIXED OVER THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK. MEANWHILE UNSTABLE AIR WILL
ALSO REMAIN FIXED OVER THE FIRE. THIS COMBINATION
SUGGESTS AT LEAST A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. BASED ON THE
MOISTURE OVER THE REGION...MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTAIN
FAIRLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

...NOTE THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW JUST PRODUCED EAST-SOUTHEAST WINDS
GUSTING TO NEARLY 35 MPH AS OF 1040 PM. NOT SURE IF THESE CAN MAKE
IT UP ONTO THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU BUT WE WILL MONITOR MESONET
OBSERVATIONS OVER SOUTHERN DOUGLAS COUNTY.


.REST OF TONIGHT...

SKY AND WEATHER.....MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF A
                    THUNDERSTORMS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MORE
                    NUMEROUS SOUTH OF THE FIRE.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....62.
MAX HUMIDITY........82 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST TO SOUTHEAST WIND 2 TO 5 MPH...
                    EXCEPT FOR GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS FROM NEARBY
                    THUNDERSTORMS. WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH ARE
                    POSSIBLE FROM THE SOUTHEAST BEFORE MIDNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH TO NORTHEAST 8 TO 12 MPH.
LAL.................2.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................25 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....86.
MIN HUMIDITY........32 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST TO SOUTHEAST WIND 3 TO 6 MPH. GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
LAL.................3.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.TUESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN SLIGHT
                    CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 62.
MAX HUMIDITY........82 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST TO NORTHWEST WIND 5 TO 9 MPH.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
LAL.................3.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 85.
MIN HUMIDITY........31 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.

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FORECASTER...FX
REQUESTED BY...SCOTT BLYSTONE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120716.DOUGL.05/OTX