FNUS76 KOTX 100217 FWSOTX SPOT FORECAST FOR MOUNT BARNEY...CWICC NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 717 PM PDT THU AUG 9 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1853 PDT ON AUGUST 09. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL BRING BANDS OF HIGH CLOUDS TO NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON TONIGHT. SKIES WILL BECOME MOSTLY CLEAR BY MORNING AND REMAIN MOSTLY CLEAR THROUGH MONDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL PERSIST UNTIL EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE NEXT POSSIBILITY FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ON TUESDAY...AND THAT WILL BE A VERY SMALL CHANCE. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CLEARING BY LATE EVENING. CWR.................0 PERCENT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....49. MAX HUMIDITY........49 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 3 TO 6 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 4 TO 7 MPH. LAL.................1. HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW. .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. CWR.................0 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....71. MIN HUMIDITY........28 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 1 TO 4 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 2 TO 5 MPH AROUND 1200 PDT. MIXING HEIGHT.......AS HIGH AS 3300 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 5 TO 8 MPH. LAL.................1. HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW. .FRIDAY NIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR. CWR.................0 PERCENT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....51. MAX HUMIDITY........60 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2 TO 5 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 3 TO 7 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING... BECOMING SOUTHEAST 2 TO 5 MPH. LAL.................1. HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW. $$ FORECASTER...GK REQUESTED BY...CWICC TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120809.MOUNT.02/OTX