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SPOT FORECAST FOR BARKER CANYON COMPLEX...NE DNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
456 PM PDT THU SEP 13 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1703 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 13.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

...CONTINUED DRY AND UNSTABLE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY...

HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING OVER THE FIRE WILL ALLOW FOR A DRYING
AND WARMING TREND PEAKING FRIDAY. A WEAK DISTURBANCE PASSING LATE
IN THE DAY FRIDAY WILL BRING A WIND SHIFT AND INCREASE WEST AND
NORTHWEST WINDS OVER THE FIRE. THE WESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO
BE BREEZY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH POSSIBLE.
WINDS WILL SWING AROUND MORE TO THE NORTHWEST SATURDAY.  HIGH
PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD BACK IN EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH ANOTHER
WARMING AND DRYING TREND EXPECTED.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY EARLY THEN CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....49.
MAX HUMIDITY........43 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPVALLEY WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH BECOMING
                    DRAINAGE OR NORTHEAST 3 TO 6 MPH AFTER 2100.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 3 TO 7 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....84.
MIN HUMIDITY........12 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 2 TO 5 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    UPVALLEY 4 TO 7 MPH AFTER 0900.  WINDS
                    BECOMING SOUTHWEST 6 TO 9 AFTER 1500 PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE IN THE MORNING...BECOMING
                    3500 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 4 TO 6 MPH IN THE MORNING...BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 5 TO 9 MPH AFTER 1500 PDT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....53.
MIN HUMIDITY........46 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST TO SOUTHWEST 5 TO 9 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    12 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING WEST
                    TO NORTHWEST 7 TO 11 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    20 MPH AFTER 1900 PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......900 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5 TO 11 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING NORTHWEST 6 TO 13 MPH AFTER
                    1900 PDT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....80.
MIN HUMIDITY........14 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST 6 TO 11 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH
                    IN THE MORNING DECREASING TO 5 TO 10 MPH
                    AFTER 1400 PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......BECOMING 4000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 8 TO 13 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW AND DECREASING TO 3 LATE.

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FORECASTER...SB
REQUESTED BY...WA IMT 4 FBAN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120913.BARKE.01/OTX