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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.


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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