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Spot Forecast for D4 White Bark Pine Project 2025 CAD#664...USFS
National Weather Service Spokane WA
540 AM PDT Thu Aug 28 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0600 PDT on August 28.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Showers this morning will dwindle and cumulus buildups will
slowly grow into thunderstorms into the afternoon hours.
Thunderstorms will be capable of heavy rainfall rates along with
producing gusty outflow winds. Friday will be warmer but
still a 25 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms.
A warming and drying trend will begin this weekend.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Rain showers likely and chance
                    of thunderstorms in the afternoon.
CWR.................65 percent.
Chance of lightning.35 percent.
Max temperature.....64.
Min humidity........70-75 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 3 to 6 mph. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms.
Mixing height.......1500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 6 to 7 mph.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy then becoming partly cloudy.
                    Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in
                    the evening before 2100 hours.
CWR.................5 percent.
Chance of lightning.5 percent.
Min temperature.....53.
Max humidity........85 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 3 to 5 mph. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms in the evening.
Mixing height.......1500 ft AGL decreasing to 500 ft AGL overnight.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 5 mph.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny. Chance of rain showers through
                    the day. Chance of thunderstorms in the
                    afternoon.
CWR.................25 percent.
Chance of lightning.25 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 70.
Min humidity........54 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West/northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms.
Mixing height.......7000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 6 mph shifting to the
                    northwest around 12 mph in the afternoon.

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Forecaster...DB
Requested by...ID Coeur dAlene Dispatch Center
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2520773.1/OTX
.DELDT 08/28/25
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.EMAIL idcdc@firenet.gov