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Spot Forecast for Starvation North...USFWS
National Weather Service Spokane WA
238 AM PDT Thu Apr 18 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 PDT on April 18.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Today will feature on and off showers throughout the day. Showers in
the late morning through this evening will be capable of
producing isolated lightning strikes. Friday will be much drier
and slightly warmer. Dry and breezy east winds will increase in
the afternoon hours Friday and stay elevated through much of
Friday night. This weekend will bring a 30% chance of wetting rain
(Saturday evening through Sunday). The beginning of next week
looks drier with relatively light winds.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (60% sky cover). 40% chance of
rain showers. Slight chance (15%)
                    of thunderstorms from 1100-2100 PDT.
CWR.................10 percent.
LAL.................2.
Max temperature.....52.
Min humidity........38 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 3 to 5 mph becoming variable
                    1 to 3 mph in the afternoon. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms.
Mixing height.......4500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast around 8 mph.
Haines Index........3 Very Low.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear. 10% chance of rain/snow showers
in the evening.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....30.
Max humidity........70 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 4 to 7 mph.
Mixing height.......1000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 8 to 11 mph.
Haines Index........3 Very Low.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....53.
Min humidity........24 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 6 to 9 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph
on exposed ridgetops.
Mixing height.......6500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East around 15 to 20 mph.
Haines Index........2 Very Low.

$$
Forecaster...DB/RF
Requested by...Jordan Reeves
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2410960.2/OTX
.DELDT 04/18/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL jordan_reeves@fws.gov