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Spot Forecast for Starvation West RX...USFWS
National Weather Service Spokane WA
1002 PM PDT Mon Apr 22 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0600 PDT on April 23.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
A weather system will move into Canada late Tuesday and Wednesday.
Tuesday it won`t equate to much more than an increase in clouds
and slightly warmer temperatures. Wednesday a weak front will move
through which will bring an increase in winds, and higher mixing
heights temporarily. This front is dry with little to no chance
of rain. The remainder of the week expect cooler temperatures,
higher humidities and periods of light rain. Higher confidence
of wetting rains occurring Friday and Saturday.


.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy in the morning becoming mostly
                    cloudy in the afternoon. Widespread frost in
                    the morning.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....67.
Min humidity........20 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest 1 to 3 mph in the morning becoming
                    southwest 3 to 5 mph in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......Less than 800 ft AGL through 10 am increasing
                    to 2000 ft AGL by noon, and 4500 ft in the
                    afternoon.
Transport winds.....Northwest 1 to 2 mph in the morning becoming
                    southeasterly 3 to 7 mph in the afternoon.
Haines Index........3 Very Low.

.TUESDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clouds decreasing in the evening, then increasing
                    again towards morning. Areas of frost overnight.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....33.
Max humidity........80 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest 1 to 5 mph in the evening becoming
                    southeast 1 to 3 mph after sunset.
Mixing height.......1200 ft AGL in the evening becoming near surface
                    by 8 pm.
Transport winds.....Southeast 2 to 5 mph.
Haines Index........4 Low.

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 65.
Min humidity........27 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South to southeast winds 2 to 4 mph in the
                    morning becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph in the
                    afternoon. Winds peaking between 3 and 5 pm
                    10 to 15 mph.
Mixing height.......Less than 2000 ft AGL in the morning. Briefly
                    becoming 7000 ft AGL in the afternoon, otherwise
                    5500 ft AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....South 4 to 8 mph increasing to southwest
                    around 12 to 18 mph in the afternoon.
Haines Index........3 Very Low.

$$
Forecaster...LN
Requested by...Thomas Boggs
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 04/23/24
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.EMAIL thomas_boggs@fws.gov