FNUS76 KOTX 091330
FWSOTX

SPOT FORECAST FOR GRANITE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
630 AM PDT FRI AUG 9 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1932 PDT ON AUGUST 08.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...
THUNDERSTORMS WILL APPROACH THE FIRE FROM THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST
AND MAY GO OVER THE FIRE THIS AFTERNOON AND ESPECIALLY THIS EVENING
AND OVERNIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO START OUT DRY WITH
STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS POSSIBLE. STORMS WILL THEN TRANSITION TO WET
BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. AN ACTIVE THUNDERSTORM PATTERN EXPECTED
THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON. LITTLE OR NO RAINFALL.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 74 TOP...85 BOTTOM.
MIN HUMIDITY........34 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........BOTTOM...NORTHEAST 2 TO 5 MPH.
                    TOP...EAST-NORTHEAST 5 TO 8 MPH. GUSTS TO 12
                    MPH ON RIDGETOPS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE...BECOMING 5500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 3 TO 7 MPH.
LAL.................3.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH
                    THE NIGHT. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................25 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 54.
MAX HUMIDITY........75 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........BOTTOM...NORTHEAST 4 TO 8 MPH IN THE LATE
                    EVENING...SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 3 TO 7 MPH
                    AFTER 0200.
                    TOP...EAST-NORTHEAST 4 TO 7 MPH. GUSTS TO 10
                    MPH ON RIDGETOPS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5500 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING...BECOMING
                    NEAR SURFACE IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 3 TO 7 MPH.
LAL.................3.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE
                    MORNING. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE
                    DAY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................45 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 72 TOP...82 BOTTOM.
MIN HUMIDITY........40 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST 2 TO 5 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    BECOMING NORTHWEST 4 TO 8 MPH LATE IN THE
                    AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE IN THE MORNING...BECOMING 5000 FT
                    AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 3 TO 7 MPH.
LAL.................4.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

$$
FORECASTER...EK
REQUESTED BY...WENATCHEE RIVER RD
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130808.GRANI.01/OTX