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Spot Forecast for Paulke RX...USWFS
National Weather Service Spokane WA
734 PM PDT Thu Oct 1 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0600 PDT on October 02.
.DISCUSSION...

Weather will be dry with mostly terrain driven winds Friday and
beyond. Inversions will lift between 0800-0900 each morning.
Temperatures will increase an additional couple degrees both
Saturday and Sunday with decreasing cloud cover.

If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.
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Forecasts for 20 foot wind speeds (valleys and ridge tops) are
10 minute averages reflecting RAWS wind.
***Ventilation Index is derived from transport wind
   multiplied by the mixing height divided by 100.
   Categories: low (< 200), moderate (200-500),
   high (500-800), and very high (> 800).
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.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 67-71.
Min humidity........39-44 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds around 3 to 6 mph. Becoming
                    southwest 8 to 12 mph after 1400.
Mixing height.......2500 ft AGL at 1000 increasing to 7500 ft AGL
                    around 1600.
Transport winds.....Southwest 6 to 10 mph in the morning. Becoming
                    west 15 to 20 mph after 1600.
Ventilation Index...Low (171) increasing to moderate (408) in the
                    afternoon.

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy then becoming mostly cloudy.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 41-46.
Max humidity........75-80 percent. Fair to good recovery.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest 8 to 12 mph winds. Becoming
                    southeast 3 to 6 mph after 2000. Becoming
                    northeast 2 to 4 mph after 0100.
Mixing height.......1500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West around 5 to 10 mph shifting to east
                    around 3 to 6 mph around 0200.
Ventilation Index...Low (63).

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 70-75.
Min humidity........30-35 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast 2 to 4 mph wind. Becoming west 3 to
                    6 mph after 1000.
Mixing height.......2500 ft AGL around 1100 increasing to 5500 ft AGL
                    around 1500.
Transport winds.....East around 3 to 6 mph in the morning becoming
                    south 5 to 10 mph after 1100.
Ventilation Index...Low (174).

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Forecaster...JCLEV
Requested by...Ian Schlake
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 10/01/26
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.EMAIL ian_schlake@fws.gov