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Issued by NWS Spokane, WA
Issued by NWS Spokane, WA
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Spot Forecast for Snow Peak...Colville NF
National Weather Service Spokane WA
745 AM PDT Wed Sep 3 2025
Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 PDT on September 03.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THURSDAY...
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM PDT
THURSDAY...
.DISCUSSION...
Hot, dry, and very unstable conditions will be in place through
Thursday. Humidity will fall into the low teens this afternoon and
mixing heights will increase to between 11k and 12k feet. Light winds
out of the NNW will compete with SSE terrain driven winds today.
Poor RH recovery is expected overnight on mid-slopes and
ridgetops. Shallow morning inversions will lift between 0930 and
1030. Winds will generally be light and diurnally/terrain driven
today and tonight, then will pick up slightly out of the east
Thursday.
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny. Haze and areas of smoke through the day
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 90.
Min humidity........17 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light variable winds 3 to 5 mph
Mixing height.......Near surface through 1000 increasing to 10,000 ft AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....Northwest 5 to 11 mph.
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly clear. Haze and areas of smoke.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 68.
Max humidity........31 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds around 5 mph.
Mixing height.......6500 ft AGL falling to near surface ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 5 mph.
.THURSDAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny. Haze and areas of smoke through the day
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 86.
Min humidity........21 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds around 5 mph in the morning becoming
southeast 3 to 6 mph in the afternoon
Mixing height.......Near surface through 1000 increasing to 10,500 ft AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....North around 8 mph.
$$
Forecaster...KB
Requested by...Benjamin Proffitt
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2521196.0/OTX
.DELDT 09/03/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL benjamin.proffitt@usda.gov