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SPOT FORECAST FOR LOST MONUMENT...CWICC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
945 AM PDT SAT AUG 18 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0915 PDT ON AUGUST 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM
PDT SUNDAY...

.DISCUSSION...

A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE FIRE AREA TODAY
WITH LIGHT TERRAIN DRIVEN WINDS...UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES
AND LOW HUMIDITIES VALUES. A THERMALLY INDUCED SURFACE TROUGH
WILL BUILD TOWARD THE FIRE FROM THE SOUTH AND MAY CAUSE SOME
UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. MID LEVEL MOISTURE
WILL SPREAD IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST WITH SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS
REACHING THE FIRE AREA THIS EVENING...LINGERING OVERNIGHT INTO THE
MORNING HOURS. COOLER TEMPERATURES EXPECTED FOR SUNDAY WITH A
THREAT OF AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH MORE WESTERLY WINDS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 87.
MIN HUMIDITY........15 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE/UP VALLEY 2 TO 5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE IN THE MORNING...BECOMING 5000 FT
                    AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 3 TO 7 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS IN
                    THE EVENING...THEN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 58.
MAX HUMIDITY........59 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 3 TO 7 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT. GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 3 TO 7 MPH.
LAL.................6.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN SLIGHT
                    CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 81.
MIN HUMIDITY........24 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE/UP VALLEY 2 TO 3 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY
                    AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 5500
                    FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 3 TO 7 MPH.
LAL.................3.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

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FORECASTER...RF
REQUESTED BY...CWICC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120818.LOSTM.01/OTX