FNUS76 KOTX 202217
FWSOTX

SPOT FORECAST FOR DEPOT SPRINGS...OTHER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
317 PM PDT TUE AUG 20 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1447 PDT ON AUGUST 20.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

SOUTHWEST BREEZY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY EVENING
AT THE DEPOT FIRE WHILE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES REMAIN IN THE UPPER
TEENS. WINDS WILL TAPER OFF AFTER 8 PM...WHILE TEMPERATURES
GRADUALLY COOL AND HUMIDITIES RISE. BY WEDNESDAY...EXPECT LIGHTER
WINDS WITH MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES. TEMPERATURES WILL BE WARMER WHILE
HUMIDITIES LOWER SLIGHTLY. THE NEXT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS
WILL ARRIVE BY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT.

A SPOT FORECAST WAS ALSO REQUESTED BY NATHAN JEFFRIES OF SCIMT
TEAM C. BOTH AGENCIES SHOULD HAVE THE FORECAST PARAMETERS THAT
THEY REQUESTED.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....82.
MIN HUMIDITY........17 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 6 TO 9 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 18 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5200 FEET THROUGH 1800 PDT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 8 TO 12 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....56.
MAX HUMIDITY........59 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 5 TO 9 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH
                    THROUGH 8 PM...THEN DECREASING AND BECOMING
                    SOUTHEAST 2 TO 4 MPH OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO NEAR SURFACE BY 2100 PDT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 6 TO 10 MPH THROUGH 1900 PDT...
                    SHIFTING TO NORTHWEST 3 TO 5 MPH IN THE
                    EVENING...AND FINALLY NORTHEAST BY
                    SUNRISE.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....86
MIN HUMIDITY........14 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH OR NORTHEAST 2 TO 5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......AS HIGH AS 5500 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 3 TO 7 MPH.
LAL.................1.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 86.

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FORECASTER...RF
REQUESTED BY...AC SCHAEFFER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130820.DEPOT.04/OTX