FNUS76 KOTX 050352
FWSOTX

SPOT FORECAST FOR RATTLESNAKE...COLVLLE AGENCY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
852 PM PDT THU JUL 4 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2032 PDT ON JULY 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A DRY COLD FRONT IS BRINGING SLIGHTLY COOLER WEATHER TO THE AREA
BETTER OVERNIGHT RECOVERY OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY. ON FRIDAY INTO
EARLY NEXT WEEK A SERIES OF WEAK SYSTEMS WILL CLIP THE CANADIAN
BORDER WHICH MAY BRING A FEW THUNDERSTORMS TO THE NORTHERN
MOUNTAINS. TEMPERATURES WILL COOL TOWARDS NORMAL VALUES FRIDAY AND
THEN GRADUALLY WARM THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 57.
MAX HUMIDITY........50 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 3 TO 6 OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 3 TO 7 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 80.
MIN HUMIDITY........25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 2 TO 5 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING
                    BECOMING SOUTHWEST 3 TO 7 MPH LATE IN THE
                    MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE IN THE MORNING...BECOMING 6500 FT
                    AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 8 TO 12 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 58.
MAX HUMIDITY........63 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 4 TO 6 MPH IN THE EVENING...
                    BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 3 TO 5 MPH
                    OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 8 TO 12 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

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FORECASTER...EK
REQUESTED BY...LONNIE CAWSTON IC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130704.RATTL.01/OTX