FNUS76 KOTX 191629
FWSOTX

SPOT FORECAST FOR LOST MONUMENT...WA-CWC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
929 AM PDT SUN AUG 19 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0906 PDT ON AUGUST 19.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...
MID LEVEL MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH A WEAK WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL
BRING A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO THE FIRE AREA TODAY AND THIS
EVENING. THESE STORMS WILL INITIALLY CONTAIN LITTLE RAIN THIS
MORNING...WITH AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS BECOMING INCREASINGLY WET.
THE WEATHER WILL REMAIN HOT AND DRY THROUGH MONDAY BEFORE A
STRONGER SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH ON TUESDAY BRINGING A CHANCE FOR
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SIGNIFICANT COOLING WILL FOLLOW BEHIND
THIS SYSTEM FOR THE MIDDLE AND END OF NEXT WEEK.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....84.
MIN HUMIDITY........23 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE 3 TO 5 MPH. 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.....SOUTHWEST 3 TO 7 MPH.
LAL.................3.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....54.
MAX HUMIDITY........75 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 4 TO 6 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 3 TO 7 MPH.
LAL.................3.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....81.
MIN HUMIDITY........26 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........DOWNSLOPE 2 TO 5 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 3 TO 7 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE IN THE MORNING...BECOMING 5500 FT
                    AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 3 TO 7 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

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FORECASTER...MF
REQUESTED BY...CWICC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120819.LOSTM.01/OTX