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FWSOTX

SPOT FORECAST FOR PLACER RIDGE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
440 PM PDT MON JUL 15 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1603 PDT ON JULY 15.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

DRY AND MILD WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING AS A WEAK
UPPER LEVEL TROUGH DRIFTS EAST OF THE FIRE. A STRONGER TROUGH WILL
NEAR THE WASHINGTON COAST LATER TONIGHT AND TUESDAY...BRINGING A
GRADUAL WIND SHIFT TO THE NORTHEAST AS WELL AS STRONGER SPEEDS.
THE TROUGH WILL TRACK INLAND TUESDAY NIGHT RESULTING IN AN
INCREASING CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. THUNDERSTORMS WHICH FORM
WILL LIKELY PRODUCE ABUNDANT LIGHTNING AND LITTLE IF ANY RAIN.
THERE SHOULD BE A BREAK IN THE THUNDER ON WEDNESDAY MORNING...
BUT THE THREAT WILL RETURN BY AFTERNOON.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....81.
MIN HUMIDITY........30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 4 TO 7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5200 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 8 TO 12 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....47.
MAX HUMIDITY........78 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 7 MPH EARLY
                    SHIFTING TO THE EAST TO NORTHEAST  3 TO 6
                    MPH AFTER 2200. GUSTS TO 15 MPH POSSIBLE
                    NEAR THE SURROUNDING RIDGETOPS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5500 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING...BECOMING
                    600 FT OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 4 TO 8 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....85.
MIN HUMIDITY........20 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST TO SOUTHEAST WIND 4 TO 7 MPH WITH GUSTS
                    TO 16 MPH POSSIBLE NEAR THE SURROUNDING RIDGE
                    TOPS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......600 FT IN THE MORNING...BECOMING 5000 FT
                    AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 8 TO 14 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.OUTLOOK FOR TUESDAY EVENING...
INCREASING CLOUDS WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE MAINLY
AFTER 2200. THUNDERSTORMS COULD CONTAIN FREQUENT LIGHTNING
STRIKES...GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS...AND LITTLE IF ANY RAIN.


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FORECASTER...FX
REQUESTED BY...JUSTIN FIGGINS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130715.PLACE.01/OTX