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SPOT FORECAST FOR COLUMBIA DITCHES...OTHER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
853 AM PDT TUE MAR 12 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 PDT ON MARCH 12.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

WINDS WILL INCREASE OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON FOLLOWING
THE PASSAGE OF A WARM FRONT. TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO THE LOW
TO MID 60S UNDER A CLOUDY SKY. LOOK FOR WINDS TO SUBSIDE IN THE
EARLY EVENING AND BECOME SOUTHERLY...OR POSSIBLY LIGHT AND VARIABLE
LATE TONIGHT. THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK WILL BE UNUSUALLY WARM
AND OCCASIONALLY BREEZY AT THE COLUMBIA DITCHES PROJECT.

THE OTHELLO RAWS WAS USED AS A BASELINE FOR THE CURRENT WEATHER
FOR THIS PROJECT.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....64.
MIN HUMIDITY........42 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST OR NORTHEAST 2 TO 5 MPH...BECOMING SOUTH
                    4 TO 8 MPH AROUND 10 AM...THEN SOUTHWEST 7 TO
                    11 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 22 MPH BY 2 PM.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. A FEW SPRINKLES POSSIBLE.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....43.
MAX HUMIDITY........86 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 7 TO 11 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH
                    THROUGH 1800 PDT...DECREASING TO SOUTH 5 TO
                    8 MPH. WIND MAY BECOME VARIABLE 2 TO 5 MPH
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.

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FORECASTER...GK
REQUESTED BY...JOHN JANAK
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130312.COLUM.01/OTX