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Spot Forecast for SJD Brush unit 70...USDA FS
National Weather Service Spokane WA
341 PM PDT Mon Apr 15 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1600 PDT on April 15.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

A cold front will continue to push across the region this afternoon,
while an upper trough comes into the region tonight into Tuesday, then
lingers in the region through Thursday. The rest of today look for
partly sunny to mostly cloudy skies, with breezy conditions. Skies
will remain mostly cloudy Tuesday, with a 30 percent chance for snow
showers in the afternoon with cooler air in the region. Some rain may
mix in with the snow showers.  Wednesday, rain and snow showers chances
will remain modest, especially in the afternoon with the probability
of showers at around around 55-60 percent. There will be about a
10 percent chance of thunderstorms Wednesday afternoon too. However
the potential for wetting rains remains low. Thursday will see slight
rain and snow shower chances again, with drier breezy conditions Friday
and Saturday.  Additional rain and snow shower chances return Saturday
night into Sunday, with temperatures slowly warming into the weekend.


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 54.
Min humidity........43 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 12 to 17 mph with gusts of 25 to 30
                    mph.
Mixing height.......4500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West around 21 mph.
Haines Index........2 Very Low.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy then becoming mostly cloudy.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 30.
Max humidity........76 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 10 to 17 mph with gusts to
                    around 25 mph.
Mixing height.......3000 ft AGL falling to 500 ft AGL overnight.
Transport winds.....West 17 to 19 mph.
Haines Index........3 Very Low.

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Chance of snow showers in the
                    afternoon and slight chance of rain showers.
CWR.................15 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 41.
Min humidity........48 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 8 to 11 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph
                    in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......5500 ft AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....West around 19 mph.
Haines Index........2 Very Low.

$$
Forecaster...MSC
Requested by...Rachael Middlekoop
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2411020.0/OTX
.DELDT 04/15/24
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.EMAIL rachael.middlekoop@usda.gov