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FWSOTX

SPOT FORECAST FOR ICY CREEK...CWICC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
623 PM PDT SAT SEP 8 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1734 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 08.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

A COLD FRONT WILL BRING THE THREAT FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
TONIGHT...FOLLOWED BY COOLER TEMPERATURES AND HIGHER HUMIDITY.
WINDS WILL BE POTENTIALLY GUSTY SUNDAY AND MONDAY AND SNOW LEVELS
WILL FALL AS LOW AS 5000 OR 6000 FEET MONDAY NIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE
WILL RETURN TO THE WASHINGTON CASCADES BY TUESDAY BRINGING A
DRIER CONDITIONS AND A GRADUAL WARMING TREND THROUGH THE END OF
THE WEEK.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....49.
MAX HUMIDITY........65 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 1 TO 4 MPH. EXCEPT GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO 300 FT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 3 TO 6 MPH...BECOMING WEST 3 TO 6 MPH
                    BY DAYBREAK.
LAL.................2.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....61.
MIN HUMIDITY........43 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST 3 TO 6 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO
                    8 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 16 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 2500 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST OR SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.SUNDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS. SNOW LEVEL
                    FALLING TO 7000 FEET.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....37.
MAX HUMIDITY........94 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST 7 TO 11 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO 400 FT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 13 TO 16 MPH.
LAL.................2.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

OUTLOOK MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...
.MONDAY...PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. SNOW LEVEL
6000 FEET. HIGH TEMPERATURE 43. GUSTY WEST OR SOUTHWEST WIND.
.TUESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW 35. HIGH 47. LIGHT UPSLOPE WIND.
.WEDNESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW 40. HIGH 54. LIGHT UPSLOPE WIND.
.THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOW 45. HIGH 59. LIGHT SOUTHEAST WIND.



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FORECASTER...GK
REQUESTED BY...CHAD SCHMIDT
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120908.ICYCR.01/OTX