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FXUS66 KOTX 022157
AFDOTX

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Spokane WA
257 PM PDT Sat Aug 2 2025

.KEY MESSAGES...

- Quiet weather day Sunday
- Another round of thunderstorms for extreme Eastern Washington
  and Idaho Panhandle for Monday.

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.SYNOPSIS...
Any storm activity will calm overnight on Saturday and bring
dry conditions Sunday, then showers and cooler weather are
anticipated through the start of next week. Temperatures
expected to ramp back up end of next week.

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.DISCUSSION...
Tonight and Sunday: As the low continues to move East, it will
drag the instability and thunderstorm activity along with it. It
leads to a generally calm Sunday across the region with high
temperatures(upper 70s-low 80s) near the normals for this time
of year. The Basin can expect some haze in the early morning
hours from region wildfires. Ensembles continue to show winds
increase during the afternoon with gusts near 20 mph expected.
Mild overnight temperatures in the 50s expected.

Monday through Friday: A passing trough and associated cold
front will bring more showers and thunderstorms Monday.
Ensembles continue to highlight along the Canadian border, extreme
Eastern Washington and the Idaho Panhandle for showers and
thunderstorms. Best timing for thunderstorms will be during the
afternoon hours. It will usher in a cooling trend across the
region for several days. Temperatures expected to be slightly
below average for most locations. The regions will have
generally dry conditions on Tuesday and Wednesday. Another
trough is expected on Thursday. It will bring a round of
mountain showers as it is more west to east passage. /KD

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.AVIATION...
18Z TAFS: A few showers and thunderstorms are expected this
afternoon over the northeast WA and north ID mountains, near
Colville and Sandpoint. TAF sites, however, are expected to
remain VFR with diurnally driven winds.

FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND/OR ALTERNATE SCENARIOS:
There is moderate-high confidence in VFR conditions.

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.Preliminary Point Temps/PoPs...
Spokane        59  88  59  79  55  82 /   0   0  10  30  10   0
Coeur d`Alene  59  88  58  80  55  82 /  10   0  10  30  20   0
Pullman        52  85  53  75  47  80 /   0   0  30  40  10   0
Lewiston       64  92  65  82  60  88 /   0  10  30  40  20   0
Colville       49  89  48  83  46  82 /  10  10   0  20  10   0
Sandpoint      54  86  53  79  51  79 /  10   0  10  30  20   0
Kellogg        61  85  60  75  56  78 /   0   0  10  40  20   0
Moses Lake     56  91  57  85  55  86 /   0   0  10  10   0   0
Wenatchee      64  90  63  86  62  86 /   0   0   0  10   0   0
Omak           62  93  61  88  59  87 /   0   0   0  10  10   0

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.OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WA...None.
ID...None.

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