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FWSOTX

SPOT FORECAST FOR OKANOGAN COMPEX...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
342 PM PDT SUN SEP 30 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1523 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 30.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...

.DISCUSSION...
THE MAIN CONCERN FOR THE OKANOGAN COMPLEX REGARDING THE FIRE WEATHER
WATCH WILL BE MONDAY EVENING. A DRY COLD FRONT WILL ARRIVE MONDAY
EVENING AND BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERAL HOURS OF GUSTY WINDS ON
THE RIDGE TOPS COMBINED WITH LOW HUMIDITY. BY TUESDAY MORNING...
HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL INCREASE AND WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH
THROUGH THE DAY ON TUESDAY.

UNTIL THE ARRIVAL OF THE COLD FRONT ON MONDAY EVENING...CONDITIONS
WILL REMAIN WARM AND DRY. RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERIES TONIGHT ON
THE RIDGES WILL BE POOR. HIGH TEMPERATURES ON MONDAY WILL ONCE
AGAIN BE WELL ABOVE AVERAGE. THE ARRIVAL OF THE COLD FRONT MONDAY
EVENING WILL BRING A BIG CHANGE IN THE WEATHER. THE GUSTIEST RIDGE
TOP WINDS WILL OCCUR MONDAY NIGHT FOLLOWED BY MUCH COOLER WEATHER
FOR REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. NO RAIN IS EXPECTED WITH THIS COLD
FRONT.


.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....4800 FEET...67.
                    1900 FEET...79.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-36 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........RIDGE TOP...WEST 4 TO 7 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
                    MID SLOPE...UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 1 TO 4 MPH.
                    WEST FACING SLOPES MAY EXPERIENCE LOCALIZED
                    GUSTS TO 16 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.MONDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. BREEZY ON THE RIDGES.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....36-43.
MAX HUMIDITY........86-95 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........RIDGE TOP...WEST 13 TO 17 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    33 MPH IN THE EVENING...BECOMING NORTHWEST
                    8 TO 12 MPH OVERNIGHT.
                    MID SLOPE...WEST 6 TO 10 MPH WITH EVENING
                    GUSTS TO 22 MPH...BECOMING VARIABLE 2 TO
                    6 MPH OVERNIGHT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY...AND COOLER.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....4800 FEET...51.
                    1900 FEET...67.
MIN HUMIDITY........17-25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........RIDGE TOP...NORTHWEST 6 TO 10 MPH IN THE
                    MORNING BECOMING NORTH 4 TO 8 MPH. GUSTS
                    UP TO 16 MPH THROUGH THE DAY.
                    MID SLOPE...NORTH OR NORTHWEST 2 TO 6 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS UP TO 15 MPH ON NORTH OR
                    NORTHWEST SLOPES.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.



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FORECASTER...GK
REQUESTED BY...GARY REED
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120930.OKANO.01/OTX