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FXUS66 KOTX 140451
AFDOTX

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Spokane WA
951 PM PDT Fri Jun 13 2025

.KEY MESSAGES...

- Gusty winds Monday into Tuesday with cold front passage.

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.SYNOPSIS...
Lighter winds and mild temperatures for the weekend. Isolated
showers and thunderstorms are possible along the Canadian
Border. Warmer next week with an increasing risk for elevated
fire weather conditions from gusty winds.

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.DISCUSSION...
Evening update: Some adjustments to POP`s were made for the rest
of tonight, with the biggest change for the Lewiston and Camas
Prairie area into the south ID Panhandle. A mid level wave
tracking through the area combined with elevated instability has
been sufficient for an expansion in shower coverage, along with
a few thunderstorms as well over the Camas Prairie. POP`s were
increased based off current radar trends. A second area of
instability over the Okanogan Highlands will gradually weaken
this evening into the overnight with the loss of daytime
heating. However lift from the incoming wave will lead to some
activity persisting into the overnight hours, with the main
focus near the Canadian border. For the bulk of the region
(Central and NE Washington into the N Idaho Panhandle) dry
weather will continue into the night. JW

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.AVIATION...
06Z TAFS: VFR conditions will continue for all TAF sites through
06z Sunday. A weather disturbance tracking across the region
tonight will result in a couple areas of showers. One tracking
south and east of KLWS and another near the Canadian border.
Isolated thunderstorms have been observed in both of these
areas, but are not expected to impact any of the TAF sites.
Drier air moving in Saturday will bring decreasing cloud cover
to Eastern WA/N Idaho.

FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND/OR ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: High confidence for
VFR conditions. JW

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Confidence descriptors:
Low - Less than a 30 percent chance
Moderate - 30 to 70 percent chance
High - Greater than a 70 percent chance

For additional probabilistic information for NWS Spokane
airports,please refer to the Aviation Dashboard on our
webpage: https:/www.weather.gov/otx/avndashboard

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.Preliminary Point Temps/PoPs...
Spokane        50  77  49  82  52  84 /   0   0   0   0   0   0
Coeur d`Alene  50  77  49  81  52  85 /  10   0   0   0   0   0
Pullman        46  73  47  77  49  80 /  20   0   0  10   0   0
Lewiston       55  81  56  86  57  88 /  50   0   0   0   0   0
Colville       41  77  41  81  44  84 /  20  20   0  10   0   0
Sandpoint      50  76  46  82  47  84 /  10  10   0  10  10   0
Kellogg        52  74  54  79  55  80 /  30   0   0  10  10   0
Moses Lake     48  81  49  87  52  89 /   0   0   0   0   0   0
Wenatchee      52  82  54  85  58  87 /   0   0   0   0   0   0
Omak           50  81  50  85  52  87 /  20  10   0   0   0   0

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

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