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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.

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FORECASTER...RP
REQUESTED BY...TOM LEUSCHEN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130517.BLUE1.01/OTX