Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Spokane, WA

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Spot Forecast for Elk Drop...Spokane Tribe
National Weather Service Spokane WA
853 AM PDT Fri Apr 19 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1300 PDT on April 19.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
...INCREASING EAST WINDS THIS EVENING. COLD FRONT PASSAGE
SATURDAY NIGHT TO BRING GUSTY WINDS...

Today will be dry over the burn site with increasing winds this
afternoon. Breezy winds will continue through the overnight hours,
before decreasing in the early afternoon Saturday. A cold front
passage Saturday evening around 10 pm will bring breezy conditions
and an eventual wind shift Sunday morning. Next week looks dry
and mild early in the week, but precipitation chances return by
mid-week.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 52.
Min humidity........21 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 8 to 12 mph, shifting to
east winds 11 to 16 mph with gusts to
around 24 mph after 1200.
Mixing height.......7000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East around 20 mph.
Haines Index........2 Very Low.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 33.
Max humidity........49 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East/northeast winds 16 to 19 mph with gusts to
                    around 30 mph.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 25 mph.
Haines Index........4 Low.

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 57.
Min humidity........30 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 14 to 19 mph with gusts up to
33 mph, decreasing to 7 to 11 mph by early
afternoon.
Mixing height.......5500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 25 mph, decreasing to 15 mph in the
afternoon.
Haines Index........4 Low.

$$
Forecaster...KM
Requested by...SPA FMO
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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