FNUS76 KOTX 052248
FWSOTX

SPOT FORECAST FOR RATTLESNAKE...COLVILLE BIA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
348 PM PDT FRI JUL 5 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1516 PDT ON JULY 05.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
AS OF 330 PM...THUNDERSTORMS REMAINED NORTH OF KELLER AND HUNTERS.
STORMS WERE MAINLY FORMING OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND DECAYING AS THEY
DRIFTED SOUTH AND EAST OF THE RIDGES. IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT
STORMS WILL TRACK OVER THE RATTLESNAKE WILDFIRE. IT IS POSSIBLE
THAT THE STORMS NORTH OF THE FIRE MAY PRODUCE OUTFLOW THAT COULD
YIELD SOME TEMPORARY GUSTY NORTH WINDS BETWEEN 1630-1900 PDT.



.REST OF THIS AFTERNOON...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS NORTH
                    OF THE FIRE.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....82.
MIN HUMIDITY........27 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST 2 TO 4 MPH. A SMALL CHANCE OF NORTH WINDS
                    GUSTING TO 20 MPH FROM THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 3 TO 7 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS ENDING
                    BY 1900 PDT.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....57.
MAX HUMIDITY........64 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 2 TO 5 MPH THROUGH 1900 PDT...
                    BECOMING DOWNSLOPE 1 TO 4 MPH OVERNIGHT. A
                    SMALL CHANCE OF GUSTY NORTH WINDS FROM
                    THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW THROUGH 1900 PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......BECOMING NEAR SURFACE BY 2000 PDT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 3 TO 7 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    VARIABLE 2 TO 4 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....85.
MIN HUMIDITY........22 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 0-3 MPH IN THE MORNING...BECOMING
                    UPSLOPE 1 TO 4 MPH BY 1000 PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......AS HIGH AS 7000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 3 TO 6 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

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FORECASTER...GK
REQUESTED BY...BRANDON SUTTON IC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130705.RATTL.02/OTX