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SPOT FORECAST FOR RED GATE...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
823 AM PDT WED APR 3 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0810 PDT ON APRIL 03.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE OVER THE BURN AREA TODAY...WITH
FLAT CUMULUS CLOUDS IN THE AFTERNOON AS WELL AS AN INCREASE IN
HIGH CLOUDS LATE IN THE DAY. WINDS WILL AGAIN INCREASE OUT OF THE
SOUTHWEST THIS MORNING AS THE INVERSION BREAKS...BECOMING GUSTY IN
THE AFTERNOON. ON THURSDAY CLOUDS WILL THICKEN FURTHER WITH A
CHANCE FOR RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON...BECOMING LIKELY IN THE
EVENING AS A WEATHER SYSTEM PASSES THROUGH. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL
LIKELY INCREASE IN THE AFTERNOON AS THE AIR MASS BEGINS TO
MOISTEN. UNSETTLED...SHOWERY AND COOLER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED
THROUGH THE WEEKEND.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....62.
MIN HUMIDITY........43 PERCENT.  LOWEST RH READINGS OF 43-48 PERCENT
                    FROM 1400 TO 1800.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 3 TO 8 MPH...INCREASING TO 6 TO
                    11 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....38.
MAX HUMIDITY........95 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 7 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST 2 TO 4 MPH OVERNIGHT.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........INCREASING CLOUDS...CLOUDY BY AFTERNOON. CHANCE
                    OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON...RAIN SHOWERS
                    LIKELY AFTER 1700.
CWR.................10 PERCENT THROUGH 1700...40 PERCENT 1700-2300.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....63.
MIN HUMIDITY........46 PERCENT. LOWEST RH READINGS OF 46-50 PERCENT
                    FROM 1200 TO 1300.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 3 TO 6 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 4 TO 8 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...JW
REQUESTED BY...KEN MEINHART
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130403.REDGA.01/OTX