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Spot Forecast for S Turns and Columbia R Cutoff Fires...Mount Tolman
National Weather Service Spokane WA
1223 AM PDT Wed Jul 16 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0000 PDT on July 16.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

South winds tonight becoming light between 0300 and 0800 PDT in
the morning. Winds will then increase from the south late Wednesday
morning with higher gusts in the afternoon. Fair relative humidity
recovery tonight and dry and breezy for Wednesday afternoon. Another
push of north winds is expected late Wednesday evening resulting in
a sharp wind shift occurring between 2100 and 2300 PDT Wednesday
evening.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Min temperature.....59.
Max humidity........53 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 3 to 7 mph early tonight decreasing
                    to 2 to 5 mph after 0200 PDT.
Mixing height.......Near surface.
Transport winds.....South 4 to 7 mph early tonight decreasing to
                    around 5 mph after 0300 PDT.

TIME (PDT)      MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A
Sky (%).........0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of ltng (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............68  67  65  62  60  59  59  64  69  72  77  80
RH..............39  43  47  50  52  53  53  48  41  37  30  27
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..6   5   3   3   2   2   3   3   4   5   7   8
20 FT wind gust.8   7   5   5   5   5   5   6   6   8   11  13
Mix hgt (kft)...0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.5 3.5 4.5
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.6   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   6   9   10

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....94.
Min humidity........15 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South 2 to 5 mph in the morning becoming south-
                    southwest 5 to 9 mph after 1000 PDT. Gusts up
                    to 15 mph in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......Inversion breaking around 1000 PDT. Mixing
                    height 2000 ft AGL in the morning increasing
                    to 9000 ft AGL by 1500 PDT in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....South-Southwest 7 to 13 mph.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 62.
Max humidity........55 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 9 mph with gusts to around 15
                    mph in the evening. A sharp wind shift from the
                    north 8 to 12 mph with gusts up to 20 to 25 mph
                    around 2200 PDT into the overnight hours.
Mixing height.......5000 ft AGL decreasing to 1000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 7 to 13 mph shifting to the north 11 to 17
                    mph after 2200 PDT.

$$
Forecaster...SVH
Requested by...Kevin Manuel
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 07/15/25
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.EMAIL kevin.manuel.mtf@colvilletribes.com