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Spot Forecast for West Branch...US Forest Service
National Weather Service Spokane WA
354 PM PDT Tue Sep 29 2020

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1600 PDT on September 29.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Light northeast winds and a strong inversion due to high pressure
over the area will persist until about Friday. Mixing will be limited
to 2500 feet AGL because of the presence of this inversion. In addition
a second inversion closer to the surface will form during the evening
hours and linger until late morning inhibiting smoke transport.
A bit of shallow fog is possible over the next two mornings. Elevated
smoke from very active California fires will drift over the burn area
and are mentioned as haze for Wednesday and Thursday.


.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....43.
Max humidity........89 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 3 to 4 mph.
Mixing height.......Lowering to near surface overnight.
Transport winds.....Northeast around 4 mph.
Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated
                    fire growth.

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Haze through the day, otherwise sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....71.
Min humidity........39 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds around 3 mph in the morning
                    becoming light in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......1500 ft AGL in the morning increasing to 2500
                    ft AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....Northeast around 3 mph.
Haines Index........5 or moderate potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.THURSDAY...
Partly cloudy. Haze. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs in the lower
70s. Northeast winds up to 4 mph.
.FRIDAY...
Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s. Highs in the lower 70s. North
winds up to 3 mph.
.SATURDAY...
Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s. Highs in the lower 70s.
Northeast winds up to 3 mph.

$$
Forecaster...RP
Requested by...Kevin LeMieux
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 09/29/20
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