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Spot Forecast for Western Pines Fire...NEWAIMT3
National Weather Service Spokane WA
338 PM PDT Fri Jul 18 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 PDT on July 19.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES SATURDAY...

.DISCUSSION...

Saturday a cold front will moves east, but low pressure will linger
and bring continued breezy and dry conditions, with elevated fire
conditions. Winds will be gusty in the afternoon up to near 22 mph
with RH values near 20 percent.  Between Sunday and Tuesday low
pressure develops near the Cascades and central WA, with increasing
moisture over the region. Sunday will be mostly dry, with some clouds.
Rain shower chances develop Monday and Tuesday, though the chance
of wetting rain is only around 10 percent. Temperature will be cooler
and humidities will be higher early next week. Winds increase a
little Tuesday. Wednesday into the end of next is forecast
to be hotter and drier again, with some increased breeziness.


.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 86.
Min humidity........21 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 6 to 9 mph in the morning
                    ...increasing to 10 to 14 mph with gusts
                    up to 22 mph in the afternoon
Mixing height.......Near the surface in the morning increasing
                    to 6500 ft AGL after 1100.
Transport winds.....West 10 to 15 mph.

.SATURDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 56.
Max humidity........64 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 8 mph. Gusts to 15 mph
                    before 1900.
Mixing height.......6500 ft AGL in the evening...falling to
                    near the surface overnight.
Transport winds.....Southwest 10 to 13 mph.

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 83.
Min humidity........25 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 8 mph. Gusts to 15 mph
                    after 1100.
Mixing height.......Near the surface in the morning increasing
                    to 6000 ft AGL after 1100.
Transport winds.....Southwest 9 to 10 mph.


.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.MONDAY...
Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of showers. Lows in the upper 50s.
Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum humidity around 31 percent.
Northeast winds 3 to 6 mph...becoming southwest 7 to 11 mph
after 1200.
.TUESDAY...
Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers. Lows in the mid 50s.
Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum humidity around 31 percent.
Northeast winds 3 to 6 mph...becoming southwest 7 to 10 mph
with gusts to 15 mph after 1200.
.WEDNESDAY...
Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Highs around 90. Minimum
humidity around 22 percent. Northeast winds 2 to 4 mph in the
morning...becoming south-southwest 5 to 10 mph with
gusts to 20 mph after 1200.

.OUTLOOK FOR SATURDAY JULY 26 THROUGH FRIDAY AUGUST 01...

Above normal temperatures and near normal precipitation.


$$
Forecaster...MSC
Requested by...Dusty Patrick
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2517750.9/OTX
.DELDT 07/18/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL aana_kulaas@firenet.gov,dusty.patrick@gmail.com,jessica.walston@dnr.wa.gov