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FNUS76 KOTX 161302
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SPOT FORECAST FOR TROUT 10 N...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
602 AM PDT THU MAY 16 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PDT ON MAY 16.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

A WEATHER DISTURBANCE IS SLOWLY MOVE NORTH OVER THE BURN AREA
THIS MORNING AND SHOULD FALL APART OR MOVE OUT OF THE AREA
BEFORE AFTERNOON...YET MORE SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY A THUNDERSTORM
OR TWO ARE POSSIBLE WITH PEAK DAYTIME HEATING THIS AFTERNOON
AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING. WIND SHOULD NOT GET STRONG YET
THE PINPOINTING THE WIND DIRECTION IN THE FORECAST WILL BE
PROBLEMATIC BECAUSE OF THE SHOWER ACTIVITY AND POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORMS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH
                    THE DAY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....61.
MIN HUMIDITY........50 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 2 TO 5 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    NORTHEAST OR VARIABLE 3 TO 7 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO
                    3000 FT AGL IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 3 TO 7 MPH.
LAL.................2.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    EVENING.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 34.
MAX HUMIDITY........90 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 2 TO 5 MPH NEAR SHOWERS BUT BECOMING
                    MORE DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2 TO 5 MPH IN THE LATE
                    EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3500 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO
                    1500 FT AGL IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 3 TO 7 MPH.
LAL.................1.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN
                    THE MORNING...THEN CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....63.
MIN HUMIDITY........38 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE OR VARIABLE 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
                    4500 FT AGL IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 3 TO 7 MPH.
LAL.................2.

$$
FORECASTER...RP
REQUESTED BY...REED HECKLY
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130516.TROUT.01/OTX