Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Spokane, WA
Issued by NWS Spokane, WA
468 FNUS76 KOTX 181336 FWSOTX Spot Forecast for Rustlers Gulch...Other National Weather Service Spokane WA 636 AM PDT Sat May 18 2024 Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 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 20 percent chance of rain showers Monday afternoon and again Tuesday afternoon...again wetting rain will be spotty. Confidence is growing that north Idaho and northeast Washington will receive widespread wetting rains Tuesday night into Wednesday. Our weather models advertise a 50 percent chance of at least a quarter of an inch of rain over a 24 hour period from Tuesday night through Wednesday and a 20 percent chance of a half inch. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny. 50 percent chance of showers and a 20 percent chance of thunderstorms after 1400 pdt. CWR.................5 percent. LAL.................2. Max temperature.....61. Min humidity........32 percent. Wind (20 ft)........South 2 to 5 mph in the morning increasing to southwest 5 to 8 mph with gusts to 15 mph. Gusty and erratic winds near thunderstorms in the afternoon. Mixing height.......As high as 6500 ft AGL in the afternoon. Transport winds.....Southwest 11 to 14 mph. Haines Index........3 Very Low. .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. 60 percent chance of rain showers and a 20 percent chance of thunderstorms in the evening. Rain chances decreasing to 40 percent overnight. CWR.................15 percent. LAL.................2. Min temperature.....37. Max humidity........91 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 3 to 6 mph in the evening becoming light. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms in the evening. Mixing height.......Falling to 500 ft AGL by 2100 pdt. Transport winds.....West 4 to 8 mph. Haines Index........3 Very Low. .SUNDAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny. 60 percent chance of showers. A 20 percent chance of afternoon thunderstorms. CWR.................20 percent. LAL.................2. Max temperature.....58. Min humidity........48 percent. Wind (20 ft)........South wind 1 to 5 mph. Gusty and erratic winds near thunderstorms. Mixing height.......As high as 4300 ft AGL in the afternoon. Transport winds.....Southwest 9 to 11 mph. Haines Index........3 Very Low. .SUNDAY NIGHT... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy. 20 percent chance of evening rain showers. CWR.................0 percent. LAL.................1. Min temperature.....36. Max humidity........100 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Becoming northeast 2 to 4 mph by mid evening. Mixing height.......Falling to near the surface ft AGL by 2000 pdt. Transport winds.....Northeast 3 to 5 mph. Haines Index........3 Very Low. $$ Forecaster...GK Requested by...Jothan McGaughey Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2413288.11/OTX .DELDT 05/18/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL jothan.mcgaughey@dfw.wa.gov