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Spot Forecast for Boulder Natural Fuels...US Forest Service
National Weather Service Spokane WA
351 AM PDT Wed Apr 24 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 PDT on April 24.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Light southwest winds have developed up the Boulder Creek Drainage.  A
weak cold front moving over the burn project around midday will
increase 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.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....58.
Min humidity........30-34 percent 1100-1200 increasing near 40 percent 1500-1600.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest 4 to 8 mph...increasing southwest 8 to 12 mph with gusts to
                    around 18 mph around 1200-1300 pdt.
Mixing height.......900 ft AGL increasing to 4500 ft AGL in the
                    afternoon.
Transport winds.....Southwest 13 to 20 mph.
Haines Index........4 Low.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....38.
Max humidity........75 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 7 to 11 mph with gusts to
                    around 18 mph in the evening decreasing southwest
                    3 to 6 mph.
Mixing height.......3500 ft AGL falling to 500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 13 to 15 mph.
Haines Index........2 Very Low.

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny in the morning becoming mostly cloudy.
                    Chance (20-30%) of rain showers in the afternoon.
CWR.................5 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....50.
Min humidity........50-55 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 7 to 10 mph.
Mixing height.......3500 ft AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 15 mph.
Haines Index........2 Very Low.

$$
Forecaster...SB
Requested by...Mitch Prophet
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2412028.0/OTX
.DELDT 04/24/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL mitchell.prophet@usda.gov