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Spot Forecast for Rx 1046...USFS
National Weather Service Spokane WA
352 AM PDT Fri Apr 19 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 PDT on April 19.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
...INCREASING NORTHEAST WINDS THIS EVENING. COLD FRONT PASSAGE
SATURDAY NIGHT TO BRING GUSTY WINDS, A WIND SHIFT FROM SOUTH TO
NORTHWEST...

Today will be dry over the burn site. This afternoon and evening
will be breezy out of the east on exposed ridgetops and east
aspect midslopes which will prevent the nighttime inversion
forming until well after midnight. A cold front passage Saturday
evening around 10 pm will bring breezy conditions and an eventual
wind shift to the northwest by Sunday morning. There is a 30%
chance of a tenth of an inch of rain at the burn site Saturday
night. Next week looks dry and mild early in the week, but
precipitation chances return by mid-week.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny. 5% sky cover.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....52.
Min humidity........17-22 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast 2 to 4 mph increasing to 4 to 7 mph
by 1400 PDT. Gusts up to 15 mph on
exposed ridgetops.
Mixing height.......7000 ft AGL in the afternoon decreasing to
                    4000 ft AGL by 2200PDT.
Transport winds.....East 9 to 13 mph.
Haines Index........2 Very Low.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....29.
Max humidity........50-55 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 5 to 9 mph becoming northeast.
                    Gusts up to 20 mph in the evening.
Mixing height.......5500 ft AGL falling to 500 ft AGL around
0400 PDT.
Transport winds.....East 9 to 12 mph.
Haines Index........4 Low.

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny becoming partly cloudy by 1600 PDT.
                    20% sky cover by 1600 PDT. 20% chance of showers
                    after 1800 PDT.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....57.
Min humidity........25-30 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast 4 to 7 mph becoming south in the late
evening. Gusts up to 25 mph in the late evening.
Mixing height.......4500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 7 to 10 mph becoming south 15 to 25
mph in the evening.
Haines Index........4 Low.

$$
Forecaster...DB/SB
Requested by...Charles Cedergren
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2411276.1/OTX
.DELDT 04/19/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL charles.cedergren@usda.gov