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SPOT FORECAST FOR TABLE MOUNTAIN FIRE...WADNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
702 PM PDT SUN OCT 14 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1829 MDT ON OCTOBER 14.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

IN BETWEEN WEATHER SYSTEMS MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON
WITH ONLY SOME SLOP OVER PRECIPITATION POSSIBLE ON THE FIRE. A
STRONG WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO MOVE OVER THE FIRE LATE MONDAY
AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY NIGHT WITH A GOOD CHANCE FOR WETTING RAINS.
THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A STRONG COLD FRONT PASSAGE ON MONDAY
NIGHT WITH WINDS SHIFTING OUT OF THE SOUTH-SOUTHWEST TO OUT OF
THE WEST AND NORTHWEST AND INCREASING IN INTENSITY. GUSTY WINDS
WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH FRONTAL PASSAGE...ESPECIALLY ON RIDGE TOPS
WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH POSSIBLE. ALL ELEVATIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO REMAIN WINDY ON TUESDAY...ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON
WITH BETTER DAYTIME MIXING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE TUESDAY
NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN WITH
WARMER AND DRIER CONDITIONS EXPECTED BY THURSDAY...BUT ANOTHER
SHOT AT SOME RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE AROUND THE END OF THE WORK WEEK.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE MORNING
                    ...THEN RAIN LIKELY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....2200 FEET...66.
                    4500 FEET...54.
                    7000 FEET...47.
MIN HUMIDITY........2200 FEET...64 PERCENT.
                    4500 FEET...75 PERCENT.
                    7000 FEET...85 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST-SOUTHWEST WINDS 2 TO 6 MPH IN THE MORNING.
                    WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 6 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS
                    UP TO 20 MPH AFTER NOON AND BEGIN TO BACK TO
                    MORE OUT OF THE SOUTH AFTER 300 PM. WINDS WILL
                    GUST UP TO 30 MPH ON EXPOSED RIDGE TOPS AFTER
                    300 PM AS WELL.
LAL.................1.

.MONDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN LIKELY. RAIN AMOUNTS BETWEEN A TENTH AND
                    A QUARTER OF AN INCH.
CWR.................60 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MID SLOPES AND VALLEYS...39-45.
                    RIDGES...30-38.
MAX HUMIDITY........85-100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VALLEYS AND MID-SLOPES...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST WINDS
                    7 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.
                    RIDGES...SOUTHWEST WINDS 10-16 MPH WITH GUSTS
                    UP TO 40 MPH AND EVEN MORE ON WEST AND SOUTH
                    FACING SLOPES AND ON EXPOSED RIDGE TOPS.
LAL.................1.

.TUESDAY...PARTLY SUNNY. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM 53 TO
63 IN THE VALLEYS AND 41 TO 51 IN THE MOUNTAINS. MIN RH WILL RANGE
FROM 35 TO 50 PERCENT IN THE VALLEYS AND 55 TO 70 PERCENT IN THE
MOUNTAINS. WEST WINDS 14 TO 19 MPH...EXCEPT NORTHWEST 19 TO 25 MPH
IN THE KITTITAS VALLEY. GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO 45 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

$$
FORECASTER...SVH
REQUESTED BY...AILEEN NICHOLS  PSC3
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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