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Spot Forecast for Sunset...Idaho Department of Lands
National Weather Service Spokane WA
130 PM PDT Sat Aug 30 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 PDT on August 31.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

A strengthening ridge will bring a warming and drying trend through
the week, including poor humidity recovery each night on mid-slopes
and ridgetops.  High temperatures for the higher elevations of the
fire area will warm into the 80s while the valley bottoms warm into
the 90s.

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny. Haze through the day.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....2000-3500 feet: 85-91. 3500-5000 feet: 79-85.
Min humidity........20-25 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast 3 to 6 mph in the morning then
                    east 4 to 9 mph.
Mixing height.......Near surface through 0930 increasing to
                    9500 ft AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....Northeast 5 to 10 mph in the morning shifting to
                    the southeast around 10 mph in the afternoon.

.SUNDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Min temperature.....63-68 mid-slopes and ridgetops, 55-60 valley
                    bottom.
Max humidity........40-50 mid-slopes and ridgetops, 65-80 percent
                    valley bottoms.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast 3 to 8 mph.
Mixing height.......5500 ft AGL falling to near surface by
                    2000 PDT.
Transport winds.....Northeast 5 to 10 mph.

.LABOR DAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....2000-3500 feet: 87-93. 3500-5000 feet: 81-87.
Min humidity........19-24 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast 2 to 5 mph in the morning then
                    east 4 to 9 mph.
Mixing height.......Near surface through 0930 PDT increasing to
                    10000 ft AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....East 5 to 10 mph.

$$
Forecaster...JW
Requested by...Andrew Moore (SITL-T)
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2520995.0/OTX
.DELDT 08/30/25
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.EMAIL amoore@idl.idaho.gov