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Spot Forecast for Halway Malin...USFS
National Weather Service Spokane WA
933 AM PDT Sat May 18 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 PDT on May 18.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Today and Sunday will be seasonably cool. Scattered showers will
develop this afternoon with a 60 percent chance of rain tonight into
Sunday. Wetting rains this weekend will be spotty. There will be a
slight chance for thunderstorms over the burn project Sunday
afternoon. Westerly winds will become gusty near ridge tops this
afternoon with gusts to around 20 mph expected. Confidence is growing
that north Idaho will receive widespread wetting rains Tuesday night
into Wednesday.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny then becoming mostly cloudy.
                    Chance of rain showers in the afternoon.
CWR.................5 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....49.
Min humidity........49 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 10 to 14 mph. Gusts up to 22 mph
                    in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......Increasing to 7000 ft AGL between 1400 PDT and
                    1900 PDT afternoon.
Transport winds.....West 17 to 20 mph.
Haines Index........3 Very Low.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain showers in the
                    evening, then rain showers and chance of snow
                    showers overnight into Sunday morning.
CWR.................25 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 34.
Max humidity........92 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West-Southwest winds 10 to 14 mph in the evening
                    decreasing to 3 to 7 mph after 2100 PDT.
Mixing height.......6500 ft AGL in the evening falling to 1000 ft AGL
                    after 2000 PDT.
Transport winds.....West 15 to 18 mph in the evening decreasing to
                    7 to 10 mph after 2100 PDT.
Haines Index........3 Very Low.

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy. Rain and snow showers in the morning then
                    rain showers through the day. A slight chance of
                    thunderstorms in the afternoon.
CWR.................35 percent.
LAL.................2.
Max temperature.....Around 42.
Min humidity........72 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West-Southwest winds 7 to 11 mph.
Mixing height.......2500 ft AGL increasing to 4500 ft AGL in the
                    afternoon.
Transport winds.....West 13 to 16 mph.
Haines Index........3 Very Low.

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Forecaster...SVH
Requested by...Jon Jameson
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.EMAIL jonathan.jameson@usda.gov