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Spot Forecast for King Beaver Natural Fuels (Pony Peak)...USFS
National Weather Service Spokane WA
318 AM PDT Mon Sep 23 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 PDT on September 23.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
An upper level ridge will begin to shift into the Idaho Panhandle
late Monday morning with the ridge axis over eastern Idaho and western
Montana by Tuesday afternoon. This will bring warmer temperatures through
Wednesday. Winds will be breezy this afternoon from the southwest
with lighter south to southwest winds on Tuesday. A relatively
moist airmass will bring higher dew points into the region today
with afternoon relative humidity values in the 50 percent range on
Monday and 40 percent range on Tuesday. Drier air will move in
with a cold front Wednesday evening. Stronger southwest winds will
accompany this front Wednesday afternoon and evening. Showers
with embedded thunderstorms will be possible Wednesday afternoon
through Thursday morning with a 50 percent chance for 0.10 inches
of rain over the project.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....62-67.
Min humidity........50-55 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South-south west winds 4 to 8 mph becoming west 7
to 12 mph. Wind gusts up to 18 mph.
Mixing height.......2500 ft AGL at 1100 PDT increasing to 4000 ft AGL in the
                    afternoon.
Transport winds.....West 12 to 15 mph.
Haines Index........2 Very Low.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....53-57.
Max humidity........70-75 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 5 to 8 mph in the evening
                    becoming downslope 2 to 5 mph overnight.
Mixing height.......Decreasing to near the surface.
Transport winds.....Southwest 6 to 8 mph.
Haines Index........2 Very Low.

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....73-78.
Min humidity........42-47 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 2 to 4 mph becoming southwest 3 to 6 mph
in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......2500 ft AGL at 1100 PDT increasing to 4500 ft AGL in the
                    afternoon.
Transport winds.....South 5 to 8 mph.
Haines Index........3 Very Low.

$$
Forecaster...VT
Requested by...Patrick Warker
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.EMAIL patrick.warker@usda.gov,ryan.nipp@usda.gov,luke.smith2@usda.gov