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Spot Forecast for INC# 1019-Sherman RX 56, 76...United State Forest Service
National Weather Service Spokane WA
542 AM PDT Tue Sep 24 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0600 PDT on September 24.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Tuesday will be warmer and drier with highs in the lower 70s.
Look for the morning inversion to weaken around 1000 pdt with
transport winds out of the south.  Variable surface winds are
expected once again as weak upslope/north winds compete with light
general winds out of the south.  The arrival of a cold front
Wednesday afternoon will a shift to southwest winds and
increasingly windy conditions through the day.  Showers and
thunderstorms will be possible along the front with 15 percent
chance of wetting rains.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....72-74.
Min humidity........33-36 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light and variable 3 to 6 mph.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL increasing to 2100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 8 to 12 mph.

TIME (PDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........11  11  11  13  13  13  10  10  10  9   9   9
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............56  56  58  61  66  68  72  74  75  75  72  70
RH..............68  68  66  60  53  49  44  38  36  33  35  36
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..2   1   2   2   3   5   5   6   6   6   6   6
20 FT wind gust.                4   6   6       7   7   7   7
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.5 0.8 1.2 1.5 1.8 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.0 1.6
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.8   8   9   10  12  12  13  13  13  13  13  14

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy.
Min temperature.....63.
Max humidity........54 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds around 5 mph early in the evening
                    becoming light.
Mixing height.......1500 ft AGL decreasing to 500 ft AGL early in
                    the evening.
Transport winds.....South 10 mph.

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy then becoming mostly cloudy.  Chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
CWR.................15 percent.
Max temperature.....72-74.
Min humidity........31-34 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 8 mph shifting to the
                    southwest 8 to 11 mph with gusts 16 to 26
                    in the afternoon. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL increasing to 3000 ft AGL in
                    the afternoon.
Transport winds.....South 15 mph shifting to the southwest 20
                    in the afternoon.

$$
Forecaster...SB
Requested by...Julius Jacobsen
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2422926.0/OTX
.DELDT 09/24/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL julius.jacobsen@usda.gov