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SPOT FORECAST FOR MIDDLE RIDGE...CWICC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1251 PM PDT MON AUG 12 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1221 PDT ON AUGUST 12.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS
EVENING. OVERALL...THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE LESS CONCENTRATED
TODAY THAN IT WAS OVER THE WEEKEND. AND...THE BETTER POTENTIAL
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL BE OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN OF THE
CASCADE CREST...GENERALLY WEST OF THE MIDDLE RIDGE FIRE. TUESDAY
AND WEDNESDAY WILL BE WARMER AND DRIER. A WEAK FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL
INCREASE THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY. BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO
FRIDAY AS THIS WEAK COLD FRONT IMPACTS THE REGION.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF
                    THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON...AFTER 1600 PDT.
                    BETTER CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF
                    THE WILDFIRE...OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN OF THE
                    CASCADE CREST.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....85.
MIN HUMIDITY........27 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST 0 TO 4 MPH. A SMALL CHANCE OF GUSTY
                    THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW.
MIXING HEIGHT.......AS HIGH AS 7500 FT AGL BETWEEN 1300 PDT AND
                    1800 PDT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 6 TO 10 MPH.
LAL.................2.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF
                    THUNDERSTORMS BEFORE 1900 PDT.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....58.
MAX HUMIDITY........79 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 0 TO 4 MPH UNTIL 1900 PDT...
                    BECOMING NORTHWEST 4 TO 7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......BECOMING NEAR SURFACE IN THE LATE EVENING
                    AND OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 6 TO 10 MPH.
LAL.................2 EARLY IN THE EVENING. 1 OVERNIGHT.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....88.
MIN HUMIDITY........23 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 3 TO 7 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    BECOMING EAST 2 TO 5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......AS HIGH AS 7000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 3 TO 6 MPH IN THE MORNING...
                    BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

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FORECASTER...GK
REQUESTED BY...CWICC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130811.MIDDL.01/OTX