FNUS76 KOTX 081631
FWSOTX

SPOT FORECAST FOR CRESCENDO...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
931 AM PDT THU AUG 8 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0913 PDT ON AUGUST 08.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE OVER THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT PROMOTING
WARM TEMPERATURES AND POOR RH RECOVERIES. WINDS WILL BE MAINLY
LIGHT AND TERRAIN DRIVEN. THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE OF A LATE
AFTERNOON OR EVENING THUNDERSTORM OVER THE FIRE TODAY.
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL INCREASE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND ESPECIALLY
FRIDAY EVENING AND NIGHT.  AN ACTIVE THUNDERSTORM PATTERN
EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN
                    THE LATE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72.
MIN HUMIDITY........33 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST 2 TO 5 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
LAL.................2.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....64.
MAX HUMIDITY........56 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........DOWNSLOPE 3 TO 5 MPH EXCEPT EAST 8 TO 12 MPH
                    NEAR THE RIDGE TOPS. GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN
                    THE EVENING.
LAL.................2.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72.
MIN HUMIDITY........38 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
LAL.................3.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

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FORECASTER...MF
REQUESTED BY...OPS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130808.CRESC.01/OTX