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FNUS76 KOTX 161307
FWSOTX

SPOT FORECAST FOR HOT FALLS...SPOKANE BIA-SPA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
606 AM PDT SAT JUL 16 2005

IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL BRUSH THE FIRE AREA TO THE NORTH
TODAY. WHILE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING...WINDS WILL BE THE SIGNIFICANT FACTOR TODAY. THE AXIS
OF THE TROUGH WILL PASS THE FIRE AREA AROUND 1000 TO 1100 AM.
LIGHT SOUTHWEST WINDS THIS MORNING WILL INCREASE AND SHIFT TO THE
WEST AFTER 1100 AM. CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS WILL RETURN AFTER
SUNSET TONIGHT.

.TODAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR EARLY WITH INCREASING CLOUDS TO
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY BY 1000 AM. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1000 AM.

MAX TEMPERATURE.....83.
MIN HUMIDITY........25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 3 TO 5 MPH THIS MORNING...
                    BECOMING WEST 6 TO 8 MPH WITH SOUTHWEST
                    GUSTS OF 15 MPH AFTER 1100 AM.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....56.
MAX HUMIDITY........55 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......WEST WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH
                    IN THE EVENING BECOMING NORTHWEST 3 TO 6
                    MPH OVERNIGHT.

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FORECASTER...MF
REQUESTED BY...RITZER
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20050716.HOTFA.01/OTX