FNUS76 KOTX 161613
FWSOTX

SPOT FORECAST FOR PLACER RIDGE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
913 AM PDT TUE JUL 16 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0856 PDT ON JULY 16.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...


...DRY THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS POSSIBLE ALL FIRE WEATHER
ZONES LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY...

BREEZY NORTH-NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BE PRESENT TODAY OVER THE BURN
SITE. INCREASING SOUTHERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL PUMP MOISTURE INTO THE
REGION. A DISTURBANCE TRACKING NORTH WILL DELIVER AN ABUNDANT
LIGHTNING EVENT THIS EVENING INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY ACROSS THE
DISTRICT. THIS LIGHTNING WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY AND
ERRATIC WIND GUSTS AS WELL LITTLE IF ANY RAINFALL. THE THREAT OF
THUNDER WILL WANE DURING WEDNESDAY MORNING...BUT COULD REDEVELOP
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WILL BE THE MAIN THUNDER THREAT THROUGH
EARLY NEXT WEEK AS A WARMER AND DRIER PATTERN RETURNS TO THE
REGION.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 83.
MIN HUMIDITY........25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 3 TO 6 MPH BECOMING NORTH-NORTHEAST
                    6 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE IN THE MORNING...BECOMING 5500 FT
                    AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 8 TO 12 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 51.
MAX HUMIDITY........99 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH-NORTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH. GUSTS UP TO
                    20 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5500 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING...BECOMING
                    NEAR SURFACE IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 8 TO 12 MPH.
LAL.................4.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY.
                    THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE MORNING. CHANCE OF
                    RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH THE DAY. CHANCE OF
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................40 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 82.
MIN HUMIDITY........40 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON
                    BECOMING VARIABLE 3 TO 6 MPH LATE IN THE
                    AFTERNOON THEN SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE IN THE MORNING...BECOMING 6000 FT
                    AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 3 TO 7 MPH...SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST
                    LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
LAL.................4.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

$$
FORECASTER...EK
REQUESTED BY...JUSTIN FIGGINS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130716.PLACE.01/OTX