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SPOT FORECAST FOR CRESCENDO...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
904 AM PDT WED AUG 21 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0849 PDT ON AUGUST 21.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
WARM AND DRY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE OVER THE CRESCENDO FIRE TODAY
THROUGH THURSDAY. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND TERRAIN DRIVEN. THERE
IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF DRY AIR IN THE MID LEVELS...
WHICH HAS INCREASED THE HAINES INDEX AND THE POTENTIAL FOR FIRE
GROWTH. LIKEWISE SURFACE RH LEVELS WILL BE LOWER THAN EXPERIENCED
YESTERDAY. THIS DRYING WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT WITH POOR RELATIVE
HUMIDITY RECOVERIES. BY THURSDAY...HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE WILL MOVE
FROM THE SOUTHWEST AND THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS BY
THURSDAY EVENING.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75.
MIN HUMIDITY........20 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE/UP VALLEY 2 TO 5 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....57.
MAX HUMIDITY........33 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........DOWNSLOPE/DOWN VALLEY 2 TO 4 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....79.
MIN HUMIDITY........22 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE/UP VALLEY 2 TO 5 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.

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FORECASTER...RF
REQUESTED BY...KUNKEL
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130821.CRESC.01/OTX