FNUS76 KOTX 100126
FWSOTX

SPOT FORECAST FOR PETE LOOP...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
626 PM PDT THU AUG 9 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1746 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 THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....54.
MAX HUMIDITY........55 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 3 TO 7 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2 TO 5 MPH
                    AROUND 2100 PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST OR NORTHWEST 4 TO 8 MPH IN THE EVENING...
                    BECOMING EAST 2 TO 5 MPH AROUND 2000 PDT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....81.
MIN HUMIDITY........20 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE IN THE MORNING...BECOMING 6500 FT
                    AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 3 TO 6 MPH. AFTERNOON GUSTS TO 12 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....51.
MAX HUMIDITY........66 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 2 TO 5 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2 TO 5 MPH
                    BY LATE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 4 TO 7 MPH IN THE EVENING...BECOMING
                    EAST 2 TO 5 MPH OVERNIGHT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........3 LOW.


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FORECASTER...GK
REQUESTED BY...TJ THRASHER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120809.PETEL.01/OTX