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FXUS66 KOTX 161738
AFDOTX

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Spokane WA
1038 AM PDT Wed Jul 16 2025

.KEY MESSAGES...

- Gradual warming through Friday with high temperatures reaching
  slightly above normal readings in the upper 80s and 90s.

- Cooling temperatures back into the 80s to low 90s this weekend
  and breezy winds.

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.SYNOPSIS...
Temperatures will gradually warm back up through the end of the
week. Highs will be slightly above normal Thursday and Friday
in the upper 80s and 90s. Over the weekend temperatures cool
back down into the 80s to low 90s with breezy west winds across
most of the region.

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.DISCUSSION...
Wednesday through Sunday: With the Inland Northwest under the
influence of an upper level ridge positioned to our northwest,
temperatures will warm back up through the end of the week with
highs expected in the 90s to just over 100 for most locations
by Friday. A couple of shortwaves will roll down the eastern
side of the ridge into British Columbia Wednesday evening into
Thursday and Friday into Saturday bringing isolated chances for
showers and thunderstorms to the northernmost parts of WA and
ID.

Winds will remain out of the north/northeast through early
Wednesday, then will shift out of the south Wednesday evening
ahead of the first shortwave. As the shortwave tracks across the
Canadian border Thursday afternoon, winds will shift back out
of the north and will become breezy down the Okanogan Valley
with sustained speeds of 10 to 20 mph and gusts of 25 to 20 mph.
For southeastern WA and the Central ID Panhandle, winds will
remain westerly.

The second shortwave will move through Friday into Saturday
bringing more widespread westerly/southwesterly winds with
gusts in the 20 to 30 mph range across much of Central and
Eastern WA. As with the first shortwave, most of the moisture
and showers are expected to stay north of the border.

Monday and Tuesday: Models are suggesting a broader trough will
drop into the region early next week which would further cool
temperatures and bring additional winds as well as shower and
thunderstorm chances to Northern WA and North ID. Confidence on
the details is low this far out but we will continue to monitor
this system and potential impacts over the coming days. /Fewkes
through
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.AVIATION...
18Z TAFS: VFR conditions under mostly clear skies will continue
through the 24 hr TAF period. Winds will be generally light
today. A push of northerly winds down the Okanogan Valley is
expected late this evening after 05Z. Winds at Omak Airport will
be sustained 12-18 kts with gusts up to around 25 kts by early
Thursday morning.

FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND/OR ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: High confidence
that VFR conditions will continue at all TAF sites. /KD

&&

.Preliminary Point Temps/PoPs...
Spokane        86  58  91  60  93  63 /   0   0   0   0   0   0
Coeur d`Alene  86  57  91  59  92  62 /   0   0   0   0   0   0
Pullman        84  53  88  55  90  58 /   0   0   0   0   0   0
Lewiston       93  65  99  66 100  67 /   0   0   0   0   0   0
Colville       85  49  88  50  92  51 /   0  10   0   0   0  10
Sandpoint      82  52  86  53  89  56 /   0   0   0   0   0  10
Kellogg        83  60  86  62  90  63 /   0   0   0   0   0   0
Moses Lake     90  61  95  61  97  63 /   0   0   0   0   0   0
Wenatchee      93  68  96  69  97  69 /   0   0   0   0   0   0
Omak           91  62  93  62  97  63 /   0   0   0   0   0  10

&&

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

&&

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