FNUS76 KOTX 201751
FWSOTX

SPOT FORECAST FOR DEATH WIND CANYON...CWICC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1051 AM PDT MON AUG 20 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1004 PDT ON AUGUST 20.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
TODAY WILL BE ANOTHER HOT AND DRY DAY OVER THE FIRE. WINDS WILL
BE OUT OF THE WEST IN THE MORNING...BECOMING MORE MORE UPSLOPE
IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS. AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH
WILL APPROACH THE FIRE FROM THE WEST OVERNIGHT...RESULTING IN
A SLIGHT CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM LATE. THE TROUGH WILL PUSH
EAST OF THE FIRE BY MIDDAY...RESULTING IN BREEZY NORTHWEST
WINDS AND COOLER TEMPERATURES. COOLER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED
TO CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THE WEEK.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....94.
MIN HUMIDITY........13 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    BECOMING UPSLOPE 3 TO 6 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST TO WEST 5 TO 10 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....62.
MAX HUMIDITY........46 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 17 MPH
                    THIS EVENING...DECREASING
                    OVERNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 6 TO 10 MPH.
LAL.................2.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN
                    THE MORNING...OTHERWISE MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....88.
MIN HUMIDITY........19 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WIND 6 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE IN THE MORNING...BECOMING 8000 FT
                    AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 10 TO 15 MPH.
LAL.................2 IN THE MORNING...THEN 1.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

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FORECASTER...FX
REQUESTED BY...CWICC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120820.DEATH.01/OTX