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SPOT FORECAST FOR DOUBLETREE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1057 AM PDT WED JUL 31 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1016 PDT ON JULY 31.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A WEATHER DISTURBANCE MOVING UP AHEAD OF A CLOSED LOW WILL TRACK
ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT BRINGING A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE ONLY LIGHT RAINFALL
AMOUNTS. ON THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL INCREASE AS THE LOW MOVES INTO THE REGION AND INSTABILITY
INCREASES. A COOL AND WET DAY IS EXPECTED ON FRIDAY AS THE LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM LINGERS. A WETTING RAIN IS EXPECTED FOR THE
FIRE BY FRIDAY. WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN OVER THE
WEEKEND AND ESPECIALLY NEXT WEEK.

   A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT THE OBSERVATION. THE DEW POINT IS
   10 DEGREES HIGHER THAN ANY OTHER OBSERVATION IN THE AREA

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....83.
MIN HUMIDITY........39 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UP-SLOPE 3 TO 5 MPH THROUGH 1200...SLOPE
                    WINDS BECOMING NORTH-NORTHEAST 8 TO 10 MPH
                    AFTER 1200. NORTH-NORTHEAST 10 TO 12 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS NEAR 20 MPH ON THE RIDGE.
MIXING HEIGHT.......BECOMING 8000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST-EAST 10 TO 12 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                    AND ELEVATED THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 2200.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....59.
MAX HUMIDITY........75-80 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH....BECOMING
                    SOUTH SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......BECOMING NEAR SURFACE AFTER 2100.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 7 TO 10...BECOMING SOUTH
                    OVERNIGHT.
LAL.................3.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78.
MIN HUMIDITY........47 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT UP-SLOPE 3-5 MPH IN THE MORNING...
                    BECOMING NORTHEAST-EAST WINDS 8 TO 12 MPH
                    AFTER 1030. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......BECOMING 7000 FT AGL AFTER 1030.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 7 TO 12 MPH.
LAL.................3-4.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

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FORECASTER...BT
REQUESTED BY...RANDY THOMAS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130731.DOUBL.01/OTX