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SPOT FORECAST FOR JOHNS CREEK...CDC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1141 AM PDT MON SEP 10 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1102 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 10.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR
WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...

.DISCUSSION...

BREEZY AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. MUCH COOLER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT...WITH A POSSIBLE FROST IN SOME
OF THE SHELTERED SPOTS NEAR THE JOHNS CREEK FIRE. WIND WILL
DIMINISH THIS EVENING...AND THE WIND TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WILL
BE MUCH LIGHTER.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SOME CLEARING BEGINNING BETWEEN
                    1500 AND 1700 PDT.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....58.
MIN HUMIDITY........31 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........RIDGE TOP WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 16 MPH.
                    GUSTS UP TO 32 MPH.
                    MID SLOPE/SHELTERED AREAS...SOUTHWEST WIND
                    6 TO 11 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 26 MPH.
LAL.................1.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR...BUT HAZY. SMOKE AND DUST IN THE AIR
                    FROM FIRES AND BLOWING DUST FROM THE COLUMBIA
                    BASIN.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....38 ON THE RIDGE TOP. 32 IN THE NEARBY VALLEY.
MAX HUMIDITY........68-72 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........RIDGE TOP WIND...WEST WINDS 8 TO 14 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS TO 28 MPH THROUGH 2000 PDT...DECREASING TO
                    WEST OR NORTHWEST 3 TO 7 MPH BY MORNING.
                    MID SLOPE/SHELTERED AREAS...WEST 5 TO 9 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH THROUGH 2000 PDT. WIND
                    DECREASING TO 2 TO 6 MPH OVERNIGHT.
LAL.................1.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. POTENTIALLY HAZY DUE TO ACTIVE FIRES
                    IN CENTRAL WASHINGTON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....59.
MIN HUMIDITY........24 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 1 TO 4 MPH THROUGH 1100 PDT
                    BECOMING SOUTHWEST WINDS 3 TO 6 MPH.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...GK
REQUESTED BY...IC NICHOLS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120910.JOHNS.01/OTX