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Spot Forecast for Hornet Ridge...USFS
National Weather Service Spokane WA
950 PM PDT Tue Apr 23 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0500 PDT on April 24.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

A dry cold front will move across the Hornet Ridge project early
this morning. Cloudy skies in the morning will give way to partly
sunny conditions by the afternoon. Northwest winds will also
increase through the day with gust up to 20 mph expected in the
afternoon. A wetter storm will arrive Thursday afternoon with a
40 percent chance fro wetting rains and total rainfall of between
0.08 to 0.15 inches expected through Friday.

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy in the morning becoming partly sunny
                    in the afternoon.
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....58.
Min humidity........37 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 5 to 8 mph in the morning
                    increasing to 8 to 12 mph with gusts up to
                    20 mph after 1200 PDT.
Mixing height.......2000 ft AGL in the morning increasing to
                    5000 ft AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....Northwest 11 to 15 mph.
Haines Index........3 Very Low.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy in the evening and overnight
                    becoming cloudy Thursday morning.
CWR.................0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 39.
Max humidity........73 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 7 to 11 mph with gusts up
                    to 18 mph in the evening. Northwest winds
                    decreasing to 4 to 7 mph after 2000 PDT.
Mixing height.......3000 ft AGL falling to 800 ft AGL
                    overnight.
Transport winds.....Northwest 10 to 14 mph in the evening
                    decreasing to 5 to 8 mph overnight.
Haines Index........2 Very Low.

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy. Chance of rain showers in the
                    early afternoon between between 1200 and
                    1500 PDT then rain showers likely after
                    1500 PDT into Thursday night.
CWR.................5 percent.
Max temperature.....54 (occurring between 1200-1400 PDT).
Min humidity........51 percent (occurring between 1200-1400 PDT).
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 2 to 4 mph in the morning
                    switching east 3 to 5 mph after 0900 PDT.
Mixing height.......Increasing to 3500 ft AGL between 1200 and
                    1400 PDT then decreasing to around 2500 ft
                    AGL by mid to late afternoon.
Transport winds.....Southwest 6 to 8 mph.
Haines Index........2 Very Low.

$$
Forecaster...SVH
Requested by...Brian Campbell
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2411714.0/OTX
.DELDT 04/24/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL brian.d.campbell@usda.gov,holt.jaeger@usda.gov,aana.kulaas@usda.gov