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SPOT FORECAST FOR SUN MOUNTAIN...USFS-CWICC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
946 AM PDT TUE JUL 16 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0950 MDT ON JULY 16.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

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

LIGHT EAST WINDS WILL BE PRESENT OVER THE BURN SITE TODAY.
INCREASING SOUTHERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL PUMP MOISTURE INTO THE
REGION. A DISTURBANCE TRACKING NORTH ALONG THE CASCADE CREST WILL
DELIVER AN ABUNDANT LIGHTNING EVENT THIS AFTERNOON 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 WILL
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 THIS MORNING...BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY
                    THIS AFTERNOON. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
                    POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 70.
MIN HUMIDITY........23 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
LAL.................2.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH THE
                    NIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 57.
MAX HUMIDITY........55 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE 3 TO 6 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    NORTHEAST 6 TO 11 MPH OVERNIGHT. GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
LAL.................4.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE
                    MORNING. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH THE
                    DAY. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 68.
MIN HUMIDITY........29 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........DOWNSLOPE 3 TO 6 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 5 TO 9 MPH EARLY IN THE
                    AFTERNOON...SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST
                    7 TO 11 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
LAL.................3.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

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FORECASTER...EK
REQUESTED BY...CWICC
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130716.SUNMO.01/OTX