FNUS76 KOTX 272310
FWSOTX

SPOT FORECAST FOR COLOCKUM TARPS...DNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
410 PM PDT SAT JUL 27 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1548 PDT ON JULY 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN THROUGH THE WEEK. TEMPERATURES
NEAR 2000 FEET MSL WILL REMAIN NEAR UPPER 80S WHILE LOCATIONS AT
800 FEET MSL WILL BE NEAR 6 DEGREES HOTTER. 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 AT SOME LOCATIONS WHILE SOME SHELTERED
LOWER ELEVATIONS IN THE CANYON 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.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........AREAS OF SMOKE...OTHERWISE MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....96. NEAR 800 FEET...89 NEAR 2000 FEET MSL.
MIN HUMIDITY........13 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 9 TO 13 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 13 TO 17 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR. AREAS OF SMOKE.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 64.
MAX HUMIDITY........45 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 11 TO 17 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30
                    MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8000 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO
                    1000 FT AGL IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 18 TO 22 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. AREAS OF SMOKE IN THE MORNING.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....96 NEAR 800 FEET...89 NEAR 2000 FEET MSL.
MIN HUMIDITY........16 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH UNTIL LATE
                    AFTERNOON BECOMING VARIABLE 5 TO 10 MPH LATE IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 8000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 13 TO 17 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

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FORECASTER...RP
REQUESTED BY...CWICC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130727.COLOC.01/OTX