FNUS76 KOTX 312318 FWSOTX SPOT FORECAST FOR BLUEBIRD...DNR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 418 PM PDT WED JUL 31 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1701 MDT ON JULY 31. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL BRING A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH LITTLE RAIN THIS EVENING...BUT THE CHANCE OF THIS HAPPENING AT THE FIRE SITE IS LOW. LIGHT NORTHEAST WINDS WILL PREVAIL ON THE FIRE TONIGHT...BTU THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM DISTANT THUNDERSTORMS MAY TEMPORARILY SHIFT WINDS TO THE SOUTHWEST WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. A BETTER CHANCE OF WET THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR THURSDAY...WITH A GOOD CHANCE OF WETTING RAIN ON THE FIRE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN OVER THE WEEKEND AND ESPECIALLY NEXT WEEK. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CWR.................0 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 90. MIN HUMIDITY........23 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST 5 TO 7 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......9500 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 3 TO 7 MPH. LAL.................1. HAINES INDEX........4 LOW. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT. CWR.................0 PERCENT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....60. MAX HUMIDITY........48 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT. MIXING HEIGHT.......9500 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING...BECOMING NEAR SURFACE IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 3 TO 7 MPH. LAL.................3. HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW. .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................30 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....82. MIN HUMIDITY........30 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE...BECOMING 8000 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 8 TO 12 MPH. LAL.................4. HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW. $$ FORECASTER...MF REQUESTED BY...ED LEWIS TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20130731.BLUEB.01/OTX