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Spot Forecast for #2 Canyon Fire...Wenatchee Valley Fire Department
National Weather Service Spokane WA
636 PM PDT Sun Jun 23 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1900 PDT on June 23.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...
Gusty northwest winds will peak early this evening following the
passage of a cold front. Gusts between 20 and 25 mph will be possible
on the ridges through midnight. The wind Monday morning will remain
out of the northwest, but likely become south or southeast (upslope)
in the afternoon. Tuesday will be warm and dry with light wind. Another
cold front on Wednesday will bring a 10 percent chance of showers. The
passing cold front will also bring more gusty northwest winds Wednesday
afternoon/evening and again on Thursday. At this time, it looks like
sustained winds of 10 to 15 mph with gusts of 20 to 25 mph will occur
Wednesday and Thursday.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....54.
Max humidity........70 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 14 to 18 mph with gusts to around 22
                    mph decreasing to 7 to 10 mph overnight.
Mixing height.......Decreasing to 800 ft AGL by midnight.
Transport winds.....West 21 to 28 mph decreasing to 10 to 17 mph
                    overnight.
Haines Index........4 Low.

TIME (PDT)      7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM

LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............72  69  66  64  62  61  59  58  56  56  55  54
RH..............32  36  40  44  49  53  59  61  62  66  66  70
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  NW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   NW
20 FT wind spd..17  17  15  14  12  11  11  10  8   8   8   7
20 FT wind gust.22  22  20  19  17  11  11  10  8   8   8   7

.MONDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....80.
Min humidity........22 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 5 to 9 mph in the morning
                    becoming south or southeast 3 to 6 mph between
                    1300 and 1700 pdt.
Mixing height.......Morning inversion weakening around 1000 pdt.
                    Mixing height as high as 5600 ft AGL between
                    1300 and 1900 pdt.
Transport winds.....West 9 to 13 mph.
Haines Index........4 Low.

$$
Forecaster...GK
Requested by...Cary Neu
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2416577.0/OTX
.DELDT 06/23/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL cneu@wvfire.org