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Spot Forecast for Emerald Fuel Break...USFS
National Weather Service Spokane WA
932 AM PDT Tue Apr 23 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0000 PDT on April 24.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Tuesday will be mild and dry. High clouds will increase in the
afternoon into Tuesday night ahead of a weak dry cold front. This
cold front will move over the burn project on Wednesday enhancing
southwesterly winds with gusts up to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. A
better chance of rain will come late Thursday into Friday. There
is a 50% chance for wetting rains (0.10" or greater) on Friday.
Unsettled weather with additional showers continues into the
weekend.

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....64.
Min humidity........36 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light southwest winds in the morning becoming
west 6 to 10 mph after 1200 PDT. Gusts up to 20 mph
in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......2000 ft AGL in the late morning increasing to
3500 ft AGL between 1500-1700 PDT.
Transport winds.....Southwest 8 to 16 mph.
Haines Index........4 Low.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....38.
Max humidity........79 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 4 to 7 mph in the evening becoming
                    light overnight.
Mixing height.......1000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 8 to 10 mph.
Haines Index........4 Low.

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny. Chances for rain increasing after
1700 PDT.
CWR.................5 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....56.
Min humidity........54 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southwest around 3 to 6
mph by 1400 PDT.
Mixing height.......3000 ft AGL in the late morning increasing to
4500 ft AGL between 1500-1700 PDT.
Transport winds.....West 9 to 11 mph.
Haines Index........2 Very Low.

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Forecaster...VT
Requested by...Jon Jameson
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 04/23/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL jonathan.jameson@usda.gov

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