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Spot Forecast for Sneed RX...Colville USFS
National Weather Service Spokane WA
613 AM PDT Tue Sep 24 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0700 PDT on September 24.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Tuesday will be warmer and drier with highs in the mid to upper 70s.
Look for the morning inversion to weaken around 1000 pdt with
transport winds out of the south.  Winds will be light upslope or
southeast with tendency to shift to the south in the afternoon.
The arrival of a strong cold front Wednesday afternoon will
overcome any sheltering bringing gusty southwest winds and
chance for showers and thunderstorms with low probability for
wetting rains.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....76.
Min humidity........33-35 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 4 to 7 mph shifting to the
                    south 6 to 10 mph.
Mixing height.......2000 ft AGL increasing to 3000 ft AGL in the
                    afternoon.
Transport winds.....South 9 to 14 mph.
Haines Index........2 Very Low.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....54.
Max humidity........58 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Variable to southeast winds 3 to 5 mph.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 6 mph.
Haines Index........3 Very Low.

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy then becoming mostly cloudy. Chance of
                    rain showers and slight chance of thunderstorms
                    in the afternoon.
CWR.................5-10 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....75.
Min humidity........34-36 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 4 to 7 mph shifting to the
                    southwest 11 to 16 mph with gusts 20 to 29 mph
                    after 1200 pdt. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL increasing to 3600 ft AGL in the
                    afternoon.
Transport winds.....Southwest 8 mph increasing southwest 25 mph.
Haines Index........3 Very Low.

$$
Forecaster...SB
Requested by...Dan Gleason
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.EMAIL daniel.gleason2@usda.gov