FNUS76 KOTX 091704
FWSOTX

SPOT FORECAST FOR CRESCENDO...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1004 AM PDT FRI AUG 9 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0920 PDT ON AUGUST 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.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.........MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING...BECOMING PARTLY
                    SUNNY IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1200.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....71.
MIN HUMIDITY........49 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 18
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
LAL.................3.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING...THEN ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....56.
MAX HUMIDITY........79 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 18
                    MPH IN THE EVENING...DECREASING TO 2 TO 5 MPH
                    AFTER 2300. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
LAL.................3.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....74.
MIN HUMIDITY........41 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST 4 TO 8 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
LAL.................3.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

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FORECASTER...SVH
REQUESTED BY...CRESCENDO OPS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130809.CRESC.01/OTX