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SPOT FORECAST FOR LOST MONUMENT...WA-CWC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
931 AM PDT THU AUG 16 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0849 PDT ON AUGUST 16.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE REGION FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL
DAYS. THE RIDGE WILL PROMOTE LIGHT TERRAIN DRIVEN WINDS AND
INCREASINGLY WARM TEMPERATURES. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL ALSO
DROP THROUGH THIS WEEKEND WITH THE HOTTEST AND DRIEST CONDITIONS
EXPECTED THIS SATURDAY. A THERMAL TROUGH WILL STRENGTHEN OVER THE
FIRE THIS FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY WHEN THE MOST UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERIC
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. THE RIDGE IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN BY SUNDAY
AS AN UPPER LOW MEANDERS THROUGH THE STATE. THIS LOW WILL RESULT IN
A SMALL CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON
AND CONTINUING INTO SUNDAY. WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS COULD LINGER
INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH ANOTHER SHOT AT SOME THUNDERSTORMS
POSSIBLE AROUND EARLY TO MID WEEK.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....84.
MIN HUMIDITY........18 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE 2 TO 5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......BECOMING 5000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 3 TO 7 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....54.
MAX HUMIDITY........65 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........DOWNSLOPE 2 TO 4 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 3 TO 7 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....88.
MIN HUMIDITY........17 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........DOWNSLOPE 2 TO 4 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    UPSLOPE 2 TO 4 MPH AFTER 1100 AM.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 5500
                    FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 3 TO 7 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.

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FORECASTER...SVH
REQUESTED BY...CWICC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120816.LOSTM.01/OTX