FNUS76 KOTX 161621
FWSOTX

SPOT FORECAST FOR BUFFALO LAKE ROAD...WA IMT 4
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
921 AM PDT THU AUG 16 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0851 PDT ON AUGUST 16.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A DECREASING PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER THE AREA WILL ALLOW NORTHEAST WINDS
TO DECREASE TO VARIABLE THIS MORNING AND THEN TURN LIGHT UPSLOPE
THIS AFTERNOON. AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE REGION THROUGH SATURDAY
WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND TERRAIN DRIVEN. TEMPERATURES WILL INCREASE
TO WELL ABOVE NORMAL WITH CORRESPONDINGLY LOW MINIMUM RH THROUGH SATURDAY.
A WEAK TROUGH WILL BRING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS BY SUNDAY...WITH
NO SIGNIFICANT COOLING TREND UNTIL MID-WEEK.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....90.
MIN HUMIDITY........17 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 2 TO 4 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    UPSLOPE 3 TO 7 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE IN THE MORNING...BECOMING 5500 FT
                    AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 3 TO 7 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....58.
MAX HUMIDITY........43 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........DOWNSLOPE 2 TO 5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 3 TO 4 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....94.
MIN HUMIDITY........13 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE 3 TO 7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE IN THE MORNING...BECOMING 6500 FT
                    AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 3 TO 7 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.

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FORECASTER...MF
REQUESTED BY...DEAN WARNER FBAN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120816.BUFFA.02/OTX