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FWSOTX

SPOT FORECAST FOR COLD SPRINGS...SPOKANE TRIBE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1026 AM PDT SAT APR 27 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 PDT ON APRIL 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

GUSTY WINDS TODAY...SUNDAY...AND WINDIER ON MONDAY

A PAIR OF WEATHER SYSTEMS WILL IMPACT THE BURN AREA BETWEEN THIS
WEEKEND AND INTO MONDAY. THE FIRST SYSTEM COMES THROUGH TODAY
BRINGING BREEZY CONDITIONS AND CONSIDERABLE CLOUDINESS YET
LITTLE IN THE WAY OF PRECIPITATION. GUSTY WINDS WILL TAPER OFF
OVERNIGHT...BUT WILL REDEVELOP ON SUNDAY WITH MORE SUNSHINE AND SLIGHTLY
COOLER TEMPERATURES. A SECOND AND STRONGER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE
THROUGH THE REGION BY MONDAY. VERY LITTLE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED...
HOWEVER WINDS WILL BECOME WINDIER LATE SUNDAY AND THROUGH MONDAY.
WINDS WILL SWITCH FROM A SOUTHWEST DIRECTION...TO THE
NORTHWEST MONDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL LIKELY BE THE STRONGEST OF THE
WEEK.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....69.
MIN HUMIDITY........23 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH 3 TO 6 MPH THROUGH LATE MORNING...THEN
                    BECOMING SOUTHWEST AND INCREASING TO 12 TO 17
                    MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 5000
                    FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 23 TO 27 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....40.
MAX HUMIDITY........83 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 11 TO 16 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30
                    MPH IN THE EVENING. THEN TAPERING OFF TO 3 TO 7
                    MPH OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4000 FT AGL IN THE EVENING...THEN LOWERING TO
                    1000 FT AGL OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 8 TO 12 MPH.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....64.
MIN HUMIDITY........20 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 3 TO 6 MPH IN THE MORNING...INCREASING TO
                    10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 6000
                    FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 18 TO 22 MPH.

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FORECASTER...RF
REQUESTED BY...KEVIN RITZER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130427.COLDD.01/OTX