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SPOT FORECAST FOR CRESCENDO...CDC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
851 AM PDT SAT AUG 10 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0815 PDT ON AUGUST 10.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

TODAY WILL BE WARM AND SOMEWHAT HUMID...AT LEAST HUMID BY IDAHO
PANHANDLE STANDARDS. THE COMBINATION OF WARMTH AND MOISTURE WILL
CONTRIBUTE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS
AFTERNOON. THE CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT
INTO SUNDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE PROVIDES THE TRIGGER
NECESSARY FOR THUNDERSTORMS. THE WARM AND "HUMID" AIR MASS WILL
REMAIN OVER THE PANHANDLE THROUGH TUESDAY OR TUESDAY NIGHT...SO
THERE WILL BE AT LEAST SOME POTENTIAL FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.

THE DECISION WHETHER OR NOT TO CONTINUE THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL
BE MADE AFTER THE 0900 PDT FIRE WEATHER USERS BRIEFING THIS MORNING.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1500 PDT.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....79.
MIN HUMIDITY........34 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH 3 TO 5 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
LAL.................2.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....62.
MAX HUMIDITY........55 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST OR NORTHEAST 2 TO 5 MPH. GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
LAL.................3.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....76.
MIN HUMIDITY........33 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH OR SOUTHWEST 2 TO 6 MPH. GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
LAL.................3.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

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FORECASTER...GK
REQUESTED BY...CRESCENDO OPS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130810.CRESC.01/OTX