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Spot Forecast for ROSS CREEK...DNR
National Weather Service Spokane WA
555 PM PDT Mon Sep 1 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1800 PDT on September 01.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THURSDAY...

.DISCUSSION...

High pressure will be over the fire through the week delivering
hot temperatures and dry conditions.  Unstable conditions will be
present each afternoon with deep mixing heights.  Overnight recoveries
will be poor on the mid to upper slopes above Ross Creek.
Winds will largely be will be light and terrain driven with a light
east to northeast drift in the morning shifting to south/southwest
in the afternoon.  Easterly winds will be a bit elevated above the
fire on the ridgetops tonight then weaker on Tuesday night.


.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy then becoming partly cloudy. 10%
                    chance for sprinkles in the evening.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Min temperature.....64.
Max humidity........40 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East to northeast winds 3 to 6 mph.
                    Ridgetops: East 9 to 11 mph.
Mixing height.......6000 ft AGL falling to near surface with inversions
                    setting up between 1900-2000.
Transport winds.....East 7 to 9 mph.

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....94.
Min humidity........15 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 3 to 5 mph in the morning becoming
                    upslope or south to southwest 4 to 7 mph.
Mixing height.......Inversions lifting 1000-1100 with afternoon
                    mixing heights to 11500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East around 9 mph shifting to the south around
                    6 mph in the afternoon.

.TUESDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Min temperature.....66.
Max humidity........38 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Downslope 1 to 4 mph.
Mixing height.......Near surface.  Inversions developing around 2000 pdt.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 5 mph shifting to the
                    northeast around 3 mph overnight.

$$
Forecaster...SB
Requested by...RAY BLACK
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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