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SPOT FORECAST FOR ROSALIA...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
317 PM PDT SAT AUG 20 2005

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

.DISCUSSION...

...GUSTY WITH AREAS OF BLOWING DUST POSSIBLE SUNDAY EVENING...

A WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION SUNDAY EVENING. IF
CONDITIONS LINE UP RIGHT THIS SYSTEM COULD PRODUCE A DRY AND DUSTY
COLD FRONT THAT WOULD MOVE NORTHWARD THROUGH ROSALIA SUNDAY EVENING
SOMETIME AFTER 5 PM PDT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...
BROADCAST RADIO...OR TELEVISION STATIONS...OR YOUR LOCAL CABLE
TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS POTENTIAL
WEATHER EVENT.


.REST OF TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....50-55.
MAX HUMIDITY........45-55 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......VARIABLE OR NORTHEAST 2 TO 5 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO LESS THAN 1000 FT AGL OVERNIGHT.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
                    SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.SUNDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AFTER 1700 PDT.
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1700 PDT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....94-99.
MIN HUMIDITY........11-14 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......VARIABLE 2 TO 5 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 5 TO 8 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON PRODUCING AREAS OF BLOWING
                    DUST AFTER 1700 PDT.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH AROUND 10-15 MPH.
LAL.................2
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.SUNDAY NIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST IN THE
                    EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....51-56.
MAX HUMIDITY........60-70 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH
                    IN THE EVENING PRODUCING AREAS OF BLOWING DUST.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8000 FT AGL THROUGH EARLY EVENING...THEN LOWERING
                    TO LESS THAN 1000 FT AGL OVERNIGHT.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 10-15 MPH THROUGH THE EVENING THEN
                    WEST AROUND 5 MPH OVERNIGHT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

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FORECASTER...RP
REQUESTED BY...BOB LADD
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20050820.ROSAL.01/OTX