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Spot Forecast for Swawilla Basin...Colville Agency
National Weather Service Spokane WA
521 PM PDT Sat Jun 22 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1700 PDT on June 22.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM PDT SUNDAY...

.DISCUSSION...
Upper level ridge  will shift to the east as a dry cold front
approaches the area. Temperatures tonight will be warm with fair
relative humidity recovery tonight. The dry cold front will move
through early Sunday morning. Winds will begin to pick up in the
mid morning and peak in the afternoon. Very dry air combined with
the winds can contribute to extreme fire behavior.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....87...decreasing to 75 by 2000 PDT.
Min humidity........20 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds around 6 to 11 mph.
Mixing height.......10000 ft AGL at 1700 PDT.
Transport winds.....South around 15 mph.
Haines Index........3 Very Low.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....58.
Max humidity........60 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 9 mph in the early evening
shifting to the west-northwest 4 to 8 mph overnight.
Mixing height.......9000 ft AGL falling to 1000 ft AGL after 2000 PDT.
Transport winds.....Southwest 9 to 11 mph.
Haines Index........5 Moderate.

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....82.
Min humidity........14 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 8 mph with gusts up to 25 mph in
the morning... increasing to west-southwest 10 to 18 mph with
gusts up to 40 mph between 1100 and 2000 PDT. Shifting to the
west-northwest 7 to 12 mph with gusts to 25 mph after 2000 PDT,
then becoming light and variable overnight.
Mixing height.......4500 ft AGL at 1000 PDT increasing to 7500 ft AGL
by 1300 PDT.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 14 mph increasing to around 24
                    mph in the afternoon.
Haines Index........5 Moderate.

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Forecaster...VT
Requested by...Rose Circle
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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