FNUS76 KOTX 011729
FWSOTX

SPOT FORECAST FOR CRESCENDO...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1029 AM PDT THU AUG 1 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1009 PDT ON AUGUST 01.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

SHOWERS AND WET THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE FIRE AREA TODAY.
TONIGHT AND FRIDAY INCREASINGLY WET CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITH
WETTING RAIN ON THE FIRE HIGHLY LIKELY...POSSIBLY OVER A HALF INCH
OF RAIN BY FRIDAY EVENING. WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN OVER THE
WEEKEND AND ESPECIALLY NEXT WEEK.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN SHOWERS AND
                    SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................40 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 62.
MIN HUMIDITY........48 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 2 TO 5 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
LAL.................2 IN THE MORNING THEN 4 IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH THE NIGHT.
                    THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE EVENING THEN A
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................70 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 53.
MAX HUMIDITY........95 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
LAL.................4 IN THE EVENING THEN 2 OVERNIGHT.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT
                    CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................60 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 58.
MIN HUMIDITY........72 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
LAL.................2.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

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FORECASTER...JW
REQUESTED BY...HERON
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130801.CRESC.01/OTX