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SPOT FORECAST FOR COOKS LAKE...CDC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
733 AM PDT THU AUG 15 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0656 PDT ON AUGUST 15.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE FIRE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON
BUT MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH
THE DAY.  A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH NORTHERN IDAHO TONIGHT THEN
MOVE THROUGH ON FRIDAY.  THIS WILL BRING MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND A
CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.  THERE IS A SMALL
THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS ON SATURDAY THEN DRIER CONDITIONS WILL
RETURN SUNDAY INTO THE START OF THE WEEK.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72.
MIN HUMIDITY........44 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 4 TO 8 MPH.  RIDGE-TOP WINDS
                    OF SOUTHWEST 8 TO 13 MPH AFTER 1100 PDT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....64.
MAX HUMIDITY........66 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 4 TO 8 MPH.  RIDGE-TOP
                    WINDS BECOMING WEST/NORTHWEST 4 TO 8 MPH.
LAL.................2.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN
                    THE MORNING...THEN CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....66.
MIN HUMIDITY........58 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 4 TO 8 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 11 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    17 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. RIDGE-TOP WINDS
                    SOUTHWEST 10 TO 16 WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH AFTER
                    1000 PDT.  GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
LAL.................2.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

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FORECASTER...SB
REQUESTED BY...KELLY TUCKER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130815.COOKS.01/OTX