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Spot Forecast for Hornet Ridge 2...USFS
National Weather Service Spokane WA
926 PM PDT Wed Apr 24 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0500 PDT on April 25.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

A wetter frontal system will move across the Hornet Ridge 2 project
on today. There is a 20-40 percent chance for light rain to begin
as early as 1000 to 1200 PDT in the morning. Chances will increase
in the afternoon with rain likely by 1500 PDT through 2000 PDT.
There is a 20-40 percent chance for wetting rains with total
accumulations of between 0.06 to 0.12 inches expected from Thursday
into Friday. Winds will be light. Increasing moisture will result
in RHs recovering by mid afternoon today. Showers will continue
into this weekend.

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy. Slight chance of rain in the morning after
                    1000 PDT, then rain likely in the afternoon. Total
                    rainfall accumulations of up to 0.05 inches
                    expected.
CWR.................15 percent.
Max temperature.....51 (occurring between 1300 and 1500 PDT).
Min humidity........60 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 2 to 4 mph early in the morning
                    becoming Southeast winds around 4 to 7 mph after
                    0900 PDT.
Mixing height.......Increasing to 3500 feet around 1200 PDT then
                    decreasing to 2000 feet around mid afternoon
                    between 1400 and 1700 PDT.
Transport winds.....South-Southwest 6 to 10 mph.
Haines Index........2 Very Low.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy. Rain showers likely in the evening through
                    2100 PDT then a chance of rain showers overnight.
                    Total rainfall of between 0.03 and 0.08 inches
                    expected.
CWR.................30 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 41.
Max humidity........86 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 3 to 6 mph in the evening becoming
                    downslope/downvalley 1 to 3 mph after 2000 PDT.
Mixing height.......800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 2 to 4 mph.
Haines Index........2 Very Low.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy. A 40-60 percent chance of rain showers.
CWR.................20 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 53.
Min humidity........57 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 2 to 4 mph.
Mixing height.......1000 ft AGL in the morning increasing to
                    3000 ft AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....East 3 to 5 mph in the morning becoming south
                    around 4 to 7 mph in the afternoon.
Haines Index........2 Very Low.

$$
Forecaster...SVH
Requested by...Brian Campbell
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2412369.0/OTX
.DELDT 04/25/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL aana.kulaas@usda.gov,Brian.d.campbell@usda.gov,holt.jaeger@usda.gov