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Spot Forecast for Limestone 6 Rx 1045...USFS
National Weather Service Spokane WA
929 PM PDT Mon Apr 22 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0600 PDT on April 23.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Tuesday will be warm and dry with diurnally driven winds. High
clouds will increase in the afternoon into Tuesday night ahead of
a dry cold front. This cold front will move over the burn project
on Wednesday enhancing southwesterly winds with gusts to between
15 to 18 mph in the afternoon. A better chance of rain will come
late Thursday into Friday. There is a 75% chance for wetting rains
on Friday with around a quarter of an inch of rain possible by
Friday afternoon. Unsettled with additional showers into the
weekend.

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny. Cirrus clouds with filtered sun.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....63.
Min humidity........22 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Downslope/Downvalley 2 to 5 mph in the morning
                    becoming upslope/upvalley after 1000 PDT. Winds
                    then shifting south-southwest 4 to 8 mph after
                    1300 PDT in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......Inversion breaking around 1000 PDT with
                    mixing heights increasing to 5000 ft AGL
                    between 1400 and 1900 PDT.
Transport winds.....East around 6 mph in the morning shifting to
                    the south around 8 mph in the afternoon.
Haines Index........3 Very Low.

.TUESDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy. Thickening high cirrus clouds
                    late.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 38.
Max humidity........62 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 4 to 6 mph in the evening
                    becoming downslope/downvalley 2 to 4 mph
                    after 2000 PDT.
Mixing height.......3000 ft AGL in the evening decreasing to
                    near surface after 2100 PDT.
Transport winds.....South 5 to 7 mph in the evening switching
                    east 2 to 4 mph after 2100 PDT.
Haines Index........3 Very Low.

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....61.
Min humidity........33 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Downslope/Downvalley winds 2 to 4 mph in
                    then morning becoming southwest 7 to 10 mph
                    after 0900. Gusts up to 18 mph in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......4500 ft AGL in the morning increasing to
                    7000 ft AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....South-Southwest around 8 mph increasing to
                    southwest 15 to 18 mph in the afternoon.
Haines Index........2 Very Low.

$$
Forecaster...SVH
Requested by...Russell Schneider
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2411887.0/OTX
.DELDT 04/23/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL russell.schneider@usda.gov