Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Spokane, WA
Issued by NWS Spokane, WA
418 FNUS76 KOTX 090043 FWSOTX Spot Forecast for PIONEER...WADNR National Weather Service Spokane WA 543 PM PDT Sat Jun 8 2024 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1800 PDT on June 08. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION... Upper level ridge currently in place will breakdown tonight as a weather system approaches from the west. This will bring increasing cloud cover and result in warm overnight lows temperatures and fair overnight relative humidity recoveries. The approaching system will bring chances of showers and thunderstorms over the fire Sunday afternoon. Storms will bring the potential for lightning, small hail, and gusty and erratic winds Sunday afternoon. An upper level ridge will rebuild on Monday as another system approaches the northwest. This will bring a return to warm and dry conditions with breezy winds through the Cascade valleys. .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. CWR.................0 percent. LAL.................1. Min temperature.....62. Max humidity........55 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 3 to 6 mph shifting to the northwest 5 to 9 mph around 2000 PDT, then becoming downslope 3 to 6 mph after 2200 PDT. Mixing height.......6500 ft AGL falling to near the surface. Transport winds.....Northwest 7 to 9 mph. Haines Index........3 Very Low. .SUNDAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny. Chance of sprinkles in the morning. 30 percent chance for showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. CWR.................20 percent. LAL.................2. Max temperature.....75. Min humidity........45 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming northwest 5 to 10 mph in the early afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms. Mixing height.......4500 ft AGL around 1000 PDT increasing to 7500 ft AGL by 1400 PDT. Transport winds.....Northwest 8 to 10 mph. Haines Index........3 Very Low. .SUNDAY NIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly clear. 15 to 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms until 1800 PDT. CWR.................5 percent. LAL.................2. Min temperature.....56. Max humidity........63 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 6 to 9 mph turning downslope 4 to 8 mph around 2200 PDT. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms in the evening. Mixing height.......6000 ft AGL falling to near the surface overnight. Transport winds.....Northwest 12 to 15 mph. Haines Index........4 Low. .MONDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny. CWR.................0 percent. LAL.................1. Max temperature.....75. Min humidity........32 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 7 to 11 mph. Mixing height.......6000 ft AGL increasing to 8000 ft AGL in the afternoon. Transport winds.....Northwest 12 to 15 mph. Haines Index........4 Low. $$ Forecaster...VT Requested by...Kyle Sullivan-Jones Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2415839.0/OTX .DELDT 06/08/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL WACWc@firenet.gov