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SPOT FORECAST FOR SPRINGDALE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
911 AM PDT TUE MAY 21 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PDT ON MAY 21.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL REACH THE BURN SITE AFTER 300 PM. EAST
WINDS WILL PREVAIL AHEAD OF THE FRONT...BEFORE SWITCHING TO THE
SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST BEHIND THE FRONT AND TURNING GUSTY. THERE IS
A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD AND ALONG FRONT. SOME
OF THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS AND HAIL.
BEHIND THE FRONT...EXPECT STEADY RAIN THAT WILL PERSIST THROUGH
THE NIGHT AND INTO WEDNESDAY. MUCH COOLER CONDITIONS AND HIGHER
HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY...TURNING CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS
                    AND A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH SMALL HAIL...
                    MAINLY AFTER 100 PM.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72.
MIN HUMIDITY........39 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST 4 TO 7 MPH...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 6 TO 11 MPH
                    LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS TO 20 MPH. GUSTY
                    AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. RAIN.
CWR.................85 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....40.
MAX HUMIDITY........92 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE EVENING...
                    BECOMING WEST 2 TO 4 MPH OVERNIGHT.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS.
CWR.................95 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....46.
MIN HUMIDITY........73 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 4 TO 8 MPH.

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FORECASTER...RF
REQUESTED BY...DOUG WURZAUF
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130521.SPRIN.01/OTX