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SPOT FORECAST FOR MID OVERLOOK...CDC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
936 AM PDT WED MAY 1 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0935 PDT ON MAY 01.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN BUILDING OVER THE REGION TODAY BRINGING
WARMER WEATHER...LOW HUMIDITY...AND RELATIVELY LIGHT WINDS.  A WEAK
DISTURBANCE WILL SLIDE THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING BRINGING
INCREASING CLOUDS BUT LITTLE IN THE WAY OF PRECIPITATION.  WINDS
WILL SWING AROUND TO THE NORTH THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...
POTENTIALLY BECOMING GUSTY AT TIMES FRIDAY.  HIGH PRESSURE WILL
RE-STRENGTHEN OVER THE WEEKEND CONTINUING TO PROMOTE WARMING
TEMPERATURES AND LIGHT WINDS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....56.
MIN HUMIDITY........23 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 2 TO 4 MPH THROUGH 1300 PDT
                    BECOMING SOUTHWEST 4 TO 7 MPH. GUSTS UP TO
                    15 MPH ON THE RIDGE AFTER 1400 PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......AS HIGH AS 3000 FT AGL BETWEEN 1300 PDT AND
                    1800 PDT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 3 TO 6 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 7 TO
                    12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AS COLD AS 26 IN THE VALLEY. 30-34 MID-SLOPE
                    AND RIDGE TOP.
MAX HUMIDITY........AS HIGH AS 85 PERCENT IN THE VALLEY. 60-65
                    PERCENT MID-SLOPE AND RIDGE TOP.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 3 TO 6 MPH IN THROUGH
                    1900 PDT...BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY
                    2 TO 5 MPH OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 6 TO 10 MPH IN THE EVENING...
                    BECOMING SOUTHWEST 3 TO 7 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....64.
MIN HUMIDITY........22 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 2 TO 5 MPH IN THE MORNING INCREASING
                    TO 6 TO 9 MPH WITH AFTERNOON GUSTS TO 20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......AS HIGH AS 2800 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 7 TO 11 MPH IN THE MORNING INCREASING
                    TO 11 TO 18 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...GK
REQUESTED BY...JASON BETZ
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130501.MIDOV.01/OTX