Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Spokane, WA
Issued by NWS Spokane, WA
395 FNUS76 KOTX 201653 FWSOTX Spot Forecast for Gold Mountain Act...Colville Agency National Weather Service Spokane WA 953 AM PDT Mon May 20 2024 Forecast is based on ignition time of 1200 PDT on May 20. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION... Cumulus build ups late this morning into the afternoon with a 20 percent chance for a passing shower or thunderstorm. Unlikely to see wetting rains today unless a showers or thunderstorm passes right over the burn project. A wet storm system will move in Tuesday afternoon into Wednesday. There is a near certainty for wetting rains with storm total rainfall expected to be between a half of an inch to three-quarters of an inch. Winds will shift southwest on Tuesday with gusts up to 20 mph before rains arrive. Cooling trend with higher RHs Tuesday into Wednesday. .TODAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny. Passing high clouds this morning then building cumulus after 1100 PDT. A 20 percent chance of showers thunderstorms after 1200 PDT. CWR.................5 percent. LAL.................2. Max temperature.....60. Min humidity........33 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 6 to 9 mph. Gusts up to 15 mph in the afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms in the afternoon. Mixing height.......Increasing up to 8000 ft AGL between 1400 PDT and 1900 PDT. Transport winds.....Northwest around 12 mph. Haines Index........3 Very Low. .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms through 1900 PDT. Clouds clearing through 0100 PDT then clouds increasing overnight into Tuesday morning. CWR.................5 percent through 1900 PDT. LAL.................2 (through 1900 PDT) then 1. Min temperature.....42. Max humidity........63 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 4 to 6 mph. Mixing height.......7000 ft AGL in the evening falling near surface after 2000 PDT. Transport winds.....Northwest 7 to 11 mph in the evening decreasing to 4 to 6 mph after 2000 PDT. Haines Index........3 Very Low. .TUESDAY... Sky/weather.........Increasing clouds. A 40 to 60 percent chance of rain after 1200 PDT. CWR.................25 percent. LAL.................1. Max temperature.....53 (occurring between 1300-1500 PDT). Min humidity........49 percent (occurring between 1300-1500 PDT). Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 7 to 11 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph in the afternoon. Mixing height.......3500 ft AGL in the morning to early afternoon decreasing to around 2500 ft AGL after 1500 PDT. Transport winds.....Southwest 9 to 14 mph. Haines Index........3 Very Low. $$ Forecaster...SVH Requested by...Jason Fulfer Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2414665.1/OTX .DELDT 05/20/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL Deborah.caudell@bia.gov