FNUS76 KOTX 081646
FWSOTX

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

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1035 MDT 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. THUNDERSTORM WILL APPROACH THE FIRE
FROM THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST AND MAY GO OVER THE FIRE
FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND ESPECIALLY FRIDAY EVENING AND NIGHT.
AN ACTIVE THUNDERSTORM PATTERN EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....90.
MIN HUMIDITY........23 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 2 TO 5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 6 TO 8 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....60.
MAX HUMIDITY........65 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2 TO 5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7500 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING...BECOMING
                    NEAR SURFACE IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 3 TO 7 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDS INCREASING FROM THE SOUTH..OTHERWISE
                    MOSTLY SUNNY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE AFTERNOON...BETTER CHANCE AFTER 5 PM PDT.
CWR.................10 PERCENT BEFORE 5 PM...HIGHER AFTER.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....90.
MIN HUMIDITY........26 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2 TO 5 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 2 TO 5 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS NEAR ANY
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE...BECOMING 7000 FT AGL BY AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 3 TO 7 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

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FORECASTER...RP
REQUESTED BY...CWICC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130808.MEADO.01/OTX