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Spot Forecast for Pole Flats Rx...WA DNR
National Weather Service Spokane WA
541 AM PDT Mon Sep 23 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 PDT on September 23.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
An upper level ridge will begin to shift into eastern Washington
Monday morning with the ridge axis over eastern Idaho and western
Montana by Tuesday afternoon. This will bring warmer temperatures
through Wednesday. Winds will be breezy this afternoon from the
north-northwest with lighter east to southeast winds on Tuesday. A
relatively moist airmass will bring higher dew points into the
region today with afternoon relative humidity values in the 40 and
50 percent range Monday and Tuesday and good overnight recoveries.
A cold front will move through Wednesday afternoon and bring a 30 to
40 percent chance for showers and gusty west winds through Thursday
morning.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
CWR.................5 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....75.
Min humidity........45-50 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 5 to 9 mph shifting to the
north-northwest 6 to 12 mph around 1100-1200 PDT.
Mixing height.......2000 ft AGL at 1100 PDT increasing to 3500 ft AGL
in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 8 to 11 mph.
Haines Index........2 Very Low.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear. Patchy fog overnight.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....51.
Max humidity........95-100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds shifting to the west 7 to 12 mph around 1800 PDT. Winds
decreasing to 5 to 10 mph after 2200 PDT, then becoming light
around 0500 PDT.
Mixing height.......Decreasing to near the surface.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 7 mph in the evening becoming
                    light.
Haines Index........2 Very Low.

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny. Patchy fog in the morning.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....74-78.
Min humidity........50-54 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming east 4 to 7 mph around 1000 PDT.
Mixing height.......2000 ft AGL at 1100 PDT increasing to 3500 ft AGL in the
                    afternoon.
Transport winds.....South 5 to 10 mph.
Haines Index........2 Very Low.

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Forecaster...VT
Requested by...Steven Reptsis
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.EMAIL nicholas.gale@dnr.wa.gov,nolan.brewer@dnr.wa.gov,steven.reptsis@dnr.wa.gov