FNUS76 KOTX 280045
FWSOTX

SPOT FORECAST FOR COLCOKUM...WA DNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
545 PM PDT SAT JUL 27 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1829 MDT ON JULY 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN THROUGH THE WEEK. BECAUSE THE
JET STREAM REMAINS OVERHEAD OR WITHIN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE
FIRE THE SURFACE WIND FORECAST IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL
BE COMPLEX AS IT BLOWS FROM THE NORTHWEST DOWN THE COLUMBIA
RIVER GORGE AND THROUGH AND OUT OF THE KITTITAS VALLEY AND OVER
THE FIRE VICINITY AT SOME LOCATIONS WHILE SOME SHELTERED LOWER
ELEVATIONS MAY HOLD ONTO UPSLOPE AND UPVALLEY WINDS FOR A LONGER
PERIOD OF TIME DURING DAY AND DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY AT NIGHT.

FORECASTERS NOTE(NOT NECESSARY TO READ OVER RADIO WITH FORECAST):
THE WEATHER PATTERN CHANGES SIGNIFICANTLY WEDNESDAY WHICH ALLOWS
FOR A SMALL CHANCE OF VERY LITTLE MEASURABLE RAINFALL FROM A
SMALL CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS STARTING WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUING
ON INTO THE NEXT WEEKEND. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS WILL BE THE
BIGGEST PROBLEM WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AND BEYOND.


.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........AREAS OF SMOKE...OTHERWISE MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....88.
MIN HUMIDITY........16 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 9 TO 12 MPH. WIND GUSTY
                    UP TO 30 MPH CLOSER TO THE COLUMBIA
                    RIVER GORGE AND KITTITAS VALLEY BUT
                    SHOULD DECREASE OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 13 TO 17 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.



.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........SOME SMOKE...OTHERWISE CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....64.
MAX HUMIDITY........45 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH. GUSTY WIND
                    TO 25 MPH CLOSER TO THE COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE
                    AND KITTITAS VALLEY SHOULD DECREASE OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8500 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING...BECOMING
                    NEAR SURFACE IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 8 TO 12 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SOME SMOKE...OTHERWISE SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....89.
MIN HUMIDITY........18 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING
                    BECOMING VARIABLE 2 TO 5 MPH IN THE LATE
                    MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE...BECOMING 10500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 3 TO 7 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

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FORECASTER...RP
REQUESTED BY...DEAN WARNER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130727.COLCO.01/OTX