FNUS76 KOTX 091338
FWSOTX

SPOT FORECAST FOR GOLD MT RIDGE...COLVILLE BIA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
638 AM PDT THU AUG 9 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0621 PDT ON AUGUST 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL INFLUENCE THE
FIRE THROUGH INTO THE WEEKEND WITH SUNDAY BEING THE WARMEST
AND DRIEST DAY OF THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS. A VERY WEAK FRONT PASSAGE
WILL BRING ONLY HIGH CLOUDS TODAY AND THIS EVENING. A
SLIGHTLY STRONGER DRY COLD FRONT WILL CAUSE THE WIND
TO BE GUSTY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A THIRD FRONT WILL PASS
OVER THE FIRE MONDAY NIGHT AND COULD BRING A THUNDERSTORM
OR TWO AND GUSTY WIND MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY THIS MORNING...PARTLY CLOUDY THIS
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 84.
MIN HUMIDITY........18 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY OR SOUTH 2 TO 6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LESS THAN 1000 FT AGL THIS MORNING...
                    BECOMING 6000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 3 TO 7 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 59.
MAX HUMIDITY........48 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST OR DOWNSLOPE DOWNVALLEY 2 TO 6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO NEAR 1000 FT AGL OR LESS OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 3 TO 7 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 85.
MIN HUMIDITY........16 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY OR NORTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 7 MPH.
                    WIND GUSTS TO 17 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LESS THAN 1000 FT AGL IN THE MORNING...BECOMING
                    6500 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 3 TO 7 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.

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FORECASTER...RP
REQUESTED BY...COLE SEYMOUR
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120809.GOLDM.01/OTX