FNUS76 KOTX 262155
FWSOTX

SPOT FORECAST FOR OKANOGAN COMPLEX...OKANOGAN-WENATCHEE NF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
255 PM PDT WED SEP 26 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1520 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 26.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
WEAK HIGH PRESSURE THIS EVENING WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A WEAK AND DRY
WAVE THAT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE BURN SITE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY. DRY CONDITIONS AND TEMPERATURES REMAINING ABOVE NORMAL ARE
EXPECTED. LIGHT TERRAIN DRIVEN WINDS WILL BE COMMON...WITH GOOD
OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY RECOVERIES. A RATHER WEAK DRY COLD FRONT IS
EXPECTED FRIDAY NIGHT...AND A WINDIER FRONT IS POSSIBLE ON
MONDAY...THOUGH CONFIDENCE IS NOT GREAT.


.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....81 BOTTOM AND 68 TOP.
MIN HUMIDITY........17 PERCENT BOTTOM AND 30 PERCENT TOP.
WIND (20 FT)........DOWNSLOPE/ DOWNVALLEY 2 TO 3 MPH IN THE
                    MORNING...BECOMING UPSLOPE/ UPVALLEY 2 TO 4 MPH
                    BY MIDDAY.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL IN THE MORNING LOWER ELEVATIONS...BECOMING
                    3500 FT AGL BY MIDDAY ALL ELEVATIONS.

TRANSPORT WINDS.....BECOMING SOUTHEAST 3 TO 7 MPH BY MIDDAY.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....45.
MAX HUMIDITY........75 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........DOWNSLOPE/ DOWNVALLEY 1 TO 3 MPH BY 9 PM.
LAL.................1.


.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....80 BOTTOM AND 54 TOP.
MIN HUMIDITY........20 PERCENT BOTTOM AND 40 PERCENT TOP.
WIND (20 FT)........DOWNSLOPE/ DOWNVALLEY 2 TO 3 MPH IN THE
                    MORNING...BECOMING UPSLOPE/ UPVALLEY 2 TO 5 MPH
                    BY MIDDAY.
MIXING HEIGHT.......200 FT AGL IN THE MORNING LOWER ELEVATIONS...BECOMING
                    3300 FT AGL BY MIDDAY ALL ELEVATIONS.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 3 TO 7 MPH BY MIDDAY.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

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FORECASTER...PB
REQUESTED BY...WAYNE BARNEY  SITL
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120926.OKANO.01/OTX