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Spot Forecast for East fork...USFS
National Weather Service Spokane WA
437 AM PDT Thu Apr 18 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 PDT on April 18.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Today will feature on and off showers throughout the day. Showers
in the afternoon will be capable of producing isolated
lightning strikes. Friday will be much drier and slightly warmer.
Friday and stay elevated through much of Friday night. This
weekend will bring a 30% chance of wetting rain (Saturday evening
through Sunday). The beginning of next week looks drier with
relatively light winds.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (60% sky cover). Chance of snow
showers through the day above 3500 feet. 10%
chance of an isolated lightning stike in the
afternoon.
CWR.................10 percent.
Max temperature.....42-48.
Min humidity........55 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 1 to 4 mph, shifting upslope/west
                    1 to 4 mph around 1100 PDT, shifting to
north 2 to 5 mph by 1600 PDT. Gusty
and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms.
Transport winds.....Northeast around 6 mph increasing to 18 mph
around 1600 PDT.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy. Slight chance of rain showers
                    and snow showers in the evening (10% chance).
CWR.................0 percent.
Min temperature.....24-30.
Max humidity........60 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 3 to 7 mph. Gusts up to 10 mph
on exposed ridgetops.
Transport winds.....Northeast 10 mph.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....44-50.
Min humidity........33 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 3 to 6 mph. Gusts up to 15 mph
on exposed ridgetops in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....East 9 to 12 mph.

$$
Forecaster...DB
Requested by...Wendy Kucera
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2411258.0/OTX
.DELDT 04/18/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL wendy.kucera@usda.gov