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FNUS76 KOTX 171325
FWSOTX
SPOT FORECAST FOR BLUE 1...WA DEPT FISH AND WILDLIFE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
625 AM PDT FRI MAY 17 2013
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 PDT ON MAY 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
A WEAK UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL PERSIST OVER THE BURN AREA THROUGH
SATURDAY. THIS WILL ALLOW SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS
TO FORM AND PASS OVER OR NEAR THE BURN AREA. A WEAK DISTURBANCE
PASSAGE SATURDAY COULD IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE WINDS AND MAKE THEM
POTENTIALLY GUSTY AND ALLOW FOR SOME COOLING.
TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
MORNING...THEN SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND
SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
AFTERNOON.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72.
MIN HUMIDITY........35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 2 TO 5 MPH. GUSTY AND
ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN
THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO
6000 FT AGL IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 3 TO 7 MPH.
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE EVENING...THEN
SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....48.
MAX HUMIDITY........80 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2 TO 5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO NEAR SURFACE OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 3 TO 7 MPH.
SATURDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....69.
MIN HUMIDITY........36 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY OR SOUTHWEST 2 TO 5 MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE EARLY IN THE MORNING...BECOMING
4000 FT AGL IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 3 TO 7 MPH.
FORECASTER...RP
REQUESTED BY...TOM LEUSCHEN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130517.BLUE1.01/OTX
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