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SPOT FORECAST FOR BEAN CREEK...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1037 AM PDT SUN AUG 4 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1015 PDT ON AUGUST 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
WARMER AND DRIER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR TODAY AHEAD OF A WEAK
WEATHER SYSTEM. THIS SYSTEM WILL CLIP THE AREA ON MONDAY BRINGING
A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO
THE FIRE. THE WARMING AND DRYING TREND RESUMES ON TUESDAY THROUGH
THURSDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE REGION. A CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN FOR THE FIRE FRIDAY THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND
AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHES.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 69.
MIN HUMIDITY........42 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 3 TO 7 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 53.
MAX HUMIDITY........74 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 2 TO 5 MPH THROUGH 1900 THEN
                    DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 1 TO 3 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN
                    THE MORNING THEN A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.  A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
                    THROUGH THE DAY.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 69.
MIN HUMIDITY........37 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 2 TO 5 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    WEST 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
LAL.................2.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

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FORECASTER...JW
REQUESTED BY...OPS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130804.BEANC.01/OTX