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SPOT FORECAST FOR CRESCENDO...CDC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1031 AM PDT MON AUG 12 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0943 PDT ON AUGUST 12.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON...
TONIGHT...AND ONCE AGAIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON. STORMS THIS AFTERNOON
AND EARLY THIS EVENING COULD BE STRONG...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN.
THE WEATHER WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY WILL BECOME WARMER AND DRIER.
A WEAK COLD FRONT ON FRIDAY WILL COOL TEMPERATURES A BIT FOR THE
WEEKEND AND BRING A SMALL CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF
                    THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY AFTER 1500 PDT.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....77.
MIN HUMIDITY........33 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........RIDGE LINE WINDS...EAST 3 TO 6 MPH IN THE
                    MORNING...BECOMING VARIABLE 1 TO 5 MPH IN
                    THE EARLY AFTERNOON.
                    MID-SLOPE WINDS...UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 2 TO
                    5 MPH.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
LAL.................3.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....58.
MAX HUMIDITY........69 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2 TO 5 MPH. GUSTY
                    AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
LAL.................3.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
                    EARLY IN THE MORNING...AND AGAIN LATE IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78.
MIN HUMIDITY........32 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........RIDGE LINE WINDS...VARIABLE 2 TO 5 MPH.
                    MID-SLOPE WINDS...UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 2 TO
                    5 MPH.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
LAL.................2.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

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FORECASTER...GK
REQUESTED BY...CRESCENDO OPS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130812.CRESC.01/OTX