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SPOT FORECAST FOR WASHINGTON BUTTE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
840 AM PDT THU APR 18 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 PDT ON APRIL 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND GOOD
OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY RECOVERIES. THERE WILL ALSO BE A SLIGHT CHANCE
FOR LIGHT RAIN OVER THE BURN AREA LATER TODAY AND INCREASING
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. ISOLATED SHOWERS WILL LINGER INTO THE
WEEKEND...WITH GUSTY WEST WINDS LIKELY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....55.
MIN HUMIDITY........42 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 2 TO 3 MPH TIL 10 AM...SOUTHEAST
                    2 TO 4 MPH AT IGNITION TIME...THEN SOUTHWEST
                    5 TO 9 MPH IN THE LATE AFTERNOON. AFTERNOON GUSTS
                    TO 13 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3100 FT AT IGNITION TIME...BECOMING 4500 FT
                    AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 8 TO 12 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....38.
MAX HUMIDITY........76 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH IN EVENING...BECOMING
                    SOUTHEAST 2 TO 3 OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......FALLING TO NEAR SURFACE BY 930 PM.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 8 TO 12 MPH.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE MORNING WITH A CHANCE OF LIGHT
                    RAIN. BECOMING PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY BY MIDDAY.
                    AN ISOLATED  AFTERNOON RAIN SHOWER IN THE HIGHER
                    SURROUNDING TERRAIN.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....58.
MIN HUMIDITY........31 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 9 TO 14 MPH BY 11 AM.
                    GUSTS TO 20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4OO FEET IN THE MORNING...BECOMING 5300 FT AGL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 14 TO 19 MPH.

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FORECASTER...PB
REQUESTED BY...JEFF BOUSCHOR
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130418.WASHI.01/OTX