Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Spokane, WA
Issued by NWS Spokane, WA
815 FNUS76 KOTX 241733 FWSOTX 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