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Spot Forecast for Sacheen RX...DNR
National Weather Service Spokane WA
317 AM PDT Fri Oct 17 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0648 PDT on October 17.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

A cold front pushes across the burn project between 1100 and 1500
PDT today, with a slight chance for rain with it through the day.
Winds will increase on Friday and see a shift from southwest to
northwest with frontal passage early in the afternoon (around
1300-1400). becoming gusty. The next system start to
approach for Saturday, with mostly increasing clouds during
the day. A chance for rain arrives by late afternoon, with
rain then becoming likely through Saturday night into Sunday,
with at 80% chance of wetting rain in that period. Winds
increase through the day Sunday too, with speed around 10-
to 15 mph and gust around 20-25 mph. Additional shower
chance will be found Monday and Tuesday but with a lower
risk of wetting rains.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy. Slight chance of rain.
CWR.................5 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 58.
Min humidity........44 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 3 to 6 mph shifting to the
                    northwest 6 to 10 mph in the afternoon
                    around 1300-1400 with gusts to 17 mph.
Mixing height.......5000 ft AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 10 mph shifting to the west
                    around 16 mph in the afternoon.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear. Patchy fog overnight.
CWR.................0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 26.
Max humidity........93 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 4 to 6 mph shifting to the
                    southwest overnight.
Mixing height.......2000 ft AGL falling to the surface overnight.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 8 mph in the evening becoming
                    light.

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy with patchy fog in the morning,
                    then mostly cloudy in the afternoon.  A chance
                    of rain by late afternoon.
CWR.................10 percent
Max temperature.....Around 53.
Min humidity........47 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......2000 ft AGL increasing to 3000 ft AGL in the
                    afternoon.
Transport winds.....South 5 to 10 mph.

$$
Forecaster...MSC
Requested by...Dylan Walters
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.EMAIL dylan.walters@dnr.wa.gov