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Spot Forecast for GOLD CREEK...WA DNR
National Weather Service Spokane WA
1033 AM PDT Mon Jun 24 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1700 PDT on June 24.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Winds will shift around overnight. Winds will be light up the Methow
Valley shifting to northeast around 1800. The northeast winds will
create up slope winds on the northeast aspects (near Hwy 153) until
later in the evening then trend northwest and west overnight as down
slope winds overtake the local area. The Weather will be mostly clear
and overnight relative humidity looks to stay below 60 percent.

Note: Tabular format added due to ignition operation.

.REST OF TODAY INTO TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 76.
Min humidity........22 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds around 5 to 8 mph gusting to 13 mph
                    turning northeast winds after 1800. Then trending
                    northwest and west to 6 mph overnight.
Mixing height.......7500 ft AGL falling to 1000 feet.
Transport winds.....Southeast 8 mph turning northwest overnight.
Haines Index........3 Very Low.

TIME (PDT)      5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM
Sky (%).........27  21  21  21  22  22  22  21  21  21  21  21
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............76  74  73  71  66  63  61  60  57  55  55  54
RH..............22  25  28  31  35  39  42  44  47  49  48  51
20 FT wind dir..SE  NE  NE  N   NW  NW  NW  NW  W   W   W  NW
20 FT wind spd..6   5   6   7   6   6   6   6   6   6   5   5
20 FT wind gust.12  12  6   7   6   6   6   6   6   6   5   5
Mix hgt (kft)...7.5 7.0 4.5 2.5 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
Transp wind dir.W   W   N   NW  NW  NW  NW  N   N   N   N   N
Transp wind spd.8   9   10  9   10  10  9   8   8   7   6   7
Haines index....3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3

$$
Forecaster...JCLEV
Requested by...Paul Nelson
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2416541.2/OTX
.DELDT 06/24/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL paul.nelson@dnr.wa.gov