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Spot Forecast for Timbuck Stew 220...USFS
National Weather Service Spokane WA
318 AM PDT Wed Apr 24 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0700 PDT on April 24.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Winds will start light and terrain driven this morning then a
weak cold front will move over the burn project around midday
enhancing southwesterly winds with gusts up to 20 mph. Humidities
will drop fast this morning than remain steady or rise in the
afternoon as increasingly moist air arrives behind the front.
Winds decrease overnight then pick up again Thursday with lighter
speeds.  Rain chances will be on the increase starting Thursday
afternoon 20-30% increasing near 90% Thursday night into Friday.
Thursday night-Friday comes with a 70% chance for wetting rains
(0.10" or greater) and 20% chance of 0.25".  It will remain unsettled
with additional showers and chances for wetting rains into the weekend.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny in the morning becoming mostly
                    cloudy (70%) between 1200-1400.
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....60.
Min humidity........30-34 percent 1100-1200 increasing near 40 percent 1500-1600.
Wind (20 ft)........Upslope winds 2 to 5 mph becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph
                    1000-1100.  Southwest winds increasing 1300-1400 8 to 10 mph
                    with gusts up to 20 mph.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 10 mph increasing to around 20
                    mph in the afternoon.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy.
CWR.................0 percent.
Min temperature.....40.
Max humidity........68 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 6 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 18 mph
                    in the evening...decreasing southwest/south 3 to 6 mph.
Transport winds.....Southwest 10 to 13 mph.

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny in the morning becoming mostly cloudy.
                    Chance (20-30%) of rain showers in the afternoon.
CWR.................5 percent.
Max temperature.....53.
Min humidity........50-54 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 6 to 10 mph gusts to 15 mph.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 15 mph.

$$
Forecaster...SB
Requested by...Wendy Kucera
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2412134.0/OTX
.DELDT 04/24/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL wendy.kucera@usda.gov