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SPOT FORECAST FOR 25 MILE...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
752 AM PDT THU JUL 11 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0745 MDT ON JULY 11.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
FOR TODAY EXPECT CONTINUED GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS...COOLER
TEMPERATURES...BUT VERY DRY RELATIVE HUMIDITY. EXPECT WINDS TO
COME AROUND TO THE NORTH THIS EVENING. FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND
AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL REMAIN OFF THE COAST. THIS
WILL RESULT IN CONTINUED COOLER TEMPERATURES AND A LITTLE BETTER
RELATIVE HUMIDITY. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING
THROUGH THE NORTH CASCADES FRIDAY EVENING.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....76.
MIN HUMIDITY........17 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH IN THE MORNING...
                    INCREASING TO 10 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 24 MPH
                    AFTER 1000.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 13 TO 17 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....52.
MAX HUMIDITY........54 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 22
                    MPH THROUGH 2000...THEN NORTHWEST-NORTH 4 TO
                    9 MPH THROUGH THE NIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO 1000 FT AGL AFTER 2100.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 13 TO 17 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE
                    EVENING WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
                    THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY NORTH AND WEST OF THE FIRE.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78.
MIN HUMIDITY........20 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH EARLY IN THE
                    MORNING BECOMING VARIABLE SOUTH-SOUTHEAST
                    5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 14 MPH AFTER 1000.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 7500 FT AGL AFTER 1030.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 13 TO 17 MPH.
LAL.................1...POSSIBLY 2 AFTER 1800.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

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FORECASTER...BT
REQUESTED BY...HANDCREW
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130711.25MIL.01/OTX