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SPOT FORECAST FOR CRESCENDO...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
312 PM PDT SUN AUG 11 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1453 PDT ON AUGUST 11.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
THERE WILL BE A GOOD CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. GUSTY THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW...CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THUNDERSTORMS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER
THE CRESCENDO FIRE AGAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE WEATHER TUESDAY
THROUGH THURSDAY SHOULD BE WARM AND DRY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 80.
MIN HUMIDITY........40 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH 3 TO 7 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
LAL.................3.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................25 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 60.
MAX HUMIDITY........69 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING EAST 4 TO 8 MPH OVERNIGHT. GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
LAL.................3.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    MORNING. SCATTERED SHOWERS THROUGH THE DAY.
                    CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 79.
MIN HUMIDITY........36 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 2 TO 5 MPH IN THE MORNING...BECOMING
                    SOUTHEAST 4 TO 8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY
                    AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
LAL.................3.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

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FORECASTER...EK
REQUESTED BY...CRESCENDO OPS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130811.CRESC.01/OTX