700 FNUS76 KOTX 301725 FWSOTX SPOT FORECAST FOR CHRISTIANSEN BERG...U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1025 AM PDT FRI SEP 30 2016 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 30. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... SHOWERS TO YOUR WEST WILL SLOWLY MOVE TOWARD YOUR BURN OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. SMOKE DISPERSION WILL BE POOR, BUT IF A THUNDERSTORM MOVES IN THE VICINITY, YOUR HEIGHTS COULD TEMPORARILY IMPROVE BRIEFLY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER TODAY WITH HIGHER HUMIDITIES. THE COOLING TREND WILL CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND. THE BEST CHANCE OF RAIN WILL BE TONIGHT, THOUGH IT WILL LIKELY BE JUST LESS THAN A 0.10 OF RAIN. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. CWR.................10 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....70. MIN HUMIDITY........43 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 6 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. MIXING HEIGHT.......600 FT AGL IN THE MORNING...BECOMING 1500 FT BY 1400. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 5 TO 9 MPH. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY OVERNIGHT. CWR.................40 PERCENT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....45. MAX HUMIDITY........ABOVE 90 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 2 TO 4 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. MIXING HEIGHT.......700 FT AGL IN THE EVENING...BECOMING NEAR SURFACE BY 2000. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 2 TO 5 MPH. .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS...MAINLY IN THE MORNING. CWR.................5 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....61. MIN HUMIDITY........54 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 6 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE IN THE MORNING...BECOMING 2500 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 6 TO 12 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...LN REQUESTED BY...DAN BRAUNER TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20160930.CHRIS.01/OTX