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Spot Forecast for Lambert creek RX...BLM
National Weather Service Spokane WA
633 AM PDT Fri Apr 19 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 PDT on April 19.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
...INCREASING EAST WINDS THIS EVENING. COLD FRONT PASSAGE
SATURDAY NIGHT TO BRING GUSTY WINDS, A WIND SHIFT FROM SOUTH TO
WEST...

Today will be dry over the burn site. This evening
will be breezy out of the east on exposed ridgetops and east
aspect midslopes which will prevent the nighttime inversion
forming until well after midnight. A cold front passage Saturday
evening around 10 pm will bring breezy conditions and an eventual
wind shift to the west by Sunday morning. There is a 30%
chance of a tenth of an inch of rain at the burn site Saturday
night. Next week looks dry and mild early in the week, but
precipitation chances return by mid-week.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....49.
Min humidity........19-24 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 4 to 9 mph becoming east
6 to 12 mph in the evening. Gusts up to 20 mph
in the evening.
Mixing height.......5500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 10 mph increasing to 20 mph in the
evening.
Haines Index........2 Very Low.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....29.
Max humidity........50-55 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 8 to 12 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph.
Mixing height.......3500 ft AGL falling to 500 ft AGL by 0400
PDT.
Transport winds.....East 11 to 14 mph.
Haines Index........3 Very Low.

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 54.
Min humidity........22-27 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 3 to 5 mph becoming south
5 to 9 mph in the afternoon. Gusts to 25 mph
in the evening.
Mixing height.......2500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East around 10 mph shifting to the south around
                    12 mph in the afternoon.
Haines Index........3 Very Low.

$$
Forecaster...DB/SB
Requested by...Josh Peterson
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 04/19/24
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.EMAIL jpeterson@blm.gov