FNUS76 KOTX 051645 FWSOTX SPOT FORECAST FOR BLUE 6...WA DEPT FISH AND WILDLIFE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 945 AM PDT WED JUN 5 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PDT ON JUNE 05. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL BRING SOME MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS TO THE BLUE 6 PROJECT THIS MORNING. BY AFTERNOON...SKIES WILL BE MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A RELATIVELY LIGHT SOUTH WIND. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES TODAY AND TOMORROW WILL BE A SOLID 10 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE. THIS WARM AND DRY WEATHER PATTERN WILL LIKELY CONTINUE WELL INTO NEXT WEEK. THE POTENTIAL FOR WETTING RAIN IN THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS IS VERY LOW. WINDS ON FRIDAY WILL BE LOCALLY BREEZY IN THE SINLAHEKIN VALLEY WITH THE PASSAGE OF A WEAK COLD FRONT. REMARK: THANK YOU FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF OBSERVATIONS FROM THE LAST 30 HOURS. WE RECEIVED THEM. THEY ARE VERY HELPFUL. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70 PERCENT CLOUD COVER) THROUGH 1000 PST. THEN BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY (30 PERCENT CLOUD COVER FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH AFTERNOON. CWR.................0 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....85. MIN HUMIDITY........25 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY (EAST/NORTHEAST 1 TO 4 MPH) UNTIL ABOUT 1300 PDT...BECOMING BECOMING SOUTH 4 TO 7 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......AS HIGH AS 5800 FT AGL BETWEEN 1300 AND 1800 PDT. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 2 TO 6 MPH THROUGH 1300 PDT... BECOMING SOUTHWEST 8 TO 12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. CWR.................0 PERCENT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....58. MAX HUMIDITY........60 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH THROUGH ABOUT 2400 PDT...BECOMING WEST 1 TO 4 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......BECOMING NEAR SURFACE BY 2000 PDT. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 6 TO 10 MPH IN THE EVENING...BECOMING NORTHWEST 3 TO 6 MPH OVERNIGHT. .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. CWR.................0 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....87. MIN HUMIDITY........23 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTH OR NORTHWEST 2 TO 4 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY (EAST OR NORTHEAST) 3 TO 6 MPH AROUND 1000 PST. MIXING HEIGHT.......AS HIGH AS 6200 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 4 TO 8 MPH IN THE MORNING...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 3 TO 7 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. $$ FORECASTER...GK REQUESTED BY...TOM LEUSCHEN TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130605.BLUE6.01/OTX