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SPOT FORECAST FOR CRANE ROAD...SCIMT C
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1142 AM PDT THU AUG 2 2012


IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...GUSTY NORTH WINDS ON THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU...WITH MUCH LESS
WINDY CONDITIONS IN THE COLUMBIA RIVER VALLEY NEAR BREWSTER...


.DISCUSSION...
BREEZY AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST OVER THE FIRE AREA THROUGH
THIS EVENING. THERE IS NO CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION ON THE FIRE.
TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN WARM THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK
WITH DRY CONDITIONS...ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL DECREASE TO LIGHT AND
TERRAIN DRIVEN ON FRIDAY.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....85.
MIN HUMIDITY........18 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WIND 6 TO 8 MPH. ON TOP OF WATERVILLE
                    PLATEAU WINDS NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH...WITH
                    GUSTS TO 25 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 6 TO 10 MPH...ON THE WATERVILLE
                    PLATEAU NORTHWEST 12 TO 16 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....53.
MAX HUMIDITY........52 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......FALLING TO 1000 FT AGL OVERNIGHT....BUT IN THE
                    COLUMBIA RIVER VALLEY HEIGHTS FALLING TO 400 FEET
                    BY 9 PM.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 5 TO 9 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....85-90.
MIN HUMIDITY........22 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 7000
                    FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 8 TO 12 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

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FORECASTER...PB
REQUESTED BY...SCOTT BLYSTONE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120802.CRANE.01/OTX