FNUS76 KOTX 090140
FWSOTX

SPOT FORECAST FOR MEADOW CREEK...DNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
640 PM PDT THU AUG 8 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1818 PDT ON AUGUST 08.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING...

.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.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....56.
MAX HUMIDITY........65 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 6 TO 10 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    ...DECREASING TO TO 6 MPH OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6500 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING...BECOMING
                    NEAR SURFACE IN THE LATE EVENING (AFTER 8 PM)
                    AND OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 3 TO 7 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........INCREASING CLOUDS. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN AFTERNOON...A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER
                    5 PM.
CWR.................10 PERCENT BEFORE 5 PM...20 PERCENT AFTER 5 PM.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....89.
MIN HUMIDITY........28 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 2 TO 5 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE...BECOMING 7000 FT AGL AFTER
                    11 AM.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 3 TO 7 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

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FORECASTER...JC
REQUESTED BY...CWICC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130808.MEADO.02/OTX