FNUS76 KOTX 110149
FWSOTX

SPOT FORECAST FOR SILVER STAR...WA DNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
649 PM PDT SAT AUG 10 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1913 MDT ON AUGUST 10.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY...

.DISCUSSION...

THE COMBINATION OF WARMTH AND MOISTURE WILL
CONTRIBUTE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS LATE EVENING
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY OVER THE FIRE BY LATE TONIGHT
INTO SUNDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE PROVIDES THE TRIGGER
NECESSARY FOR THUNDERSTORMS. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS
LINGERING INTO MONDAY WITH WARMER AND DRIER CONDITIONS FOR THE MIDDLE
OF NEXT WEEK.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...MAINLY CONFINED
                    TO THE HIGHER TERRAIN AROUND THE BURN SITE. SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING LATE OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....66.
MAX HUMIDITY........69 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 2 TO 3 MPH UNTIL 8 PM...THEN
                    TRANSITIONING TO NORTHERLY AT 3 TO 6 MPH BEGINNING
                    AROUND 9 PM. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS LATE.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6100 FT AGL THROUGH 8 PM...THEN BECOMING
                    500 FEET LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 3 TO 7 MPH.
LAL.................3.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................45 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....81.
MIN HUMIDITY........37 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH BY MIDDAY.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FEET IN THE MORNING...THEN BECOMING 5900 FT AGL
                    BY 1 PM.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 6 TO 12 MPH.
LAL.................4.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

$$
FORECASTER...PB
REQUESTED BY...HEIDI SEITTERS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130810.SILVE.01/OTX