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Spot Forecast for Road 11...WA SE Type 3 IMT
National Weather Service Spokane WA
1216 PM PDT Sun Jul 7 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0800 PDT on July 07.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT WEDNESDAY...

.DISCUSSION...
Temperatures will remain very hot today through Wednesday, with very
low RH values. Nighttime recoveries will be poor. Winds will be a bit
gusty in the afternoon today and tonight and again Tuesday, especially
later. The ridge breaks down around Wednesday, bringing stronger
winds combined with low RH, creating elevated to critical fire
weather conditions with sustained winds near 15-20 mph and gusts to 30 mph
in the afternoon and RH values around 10 percent. Temperatures start
dropping slightly Thursday onward, but still above normal with low RH.
Overnight recoveries may be a bit better. Winds remains breezy Thursday
into the end of the week, but not as strong as Wednesday.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 93.
Min humidity........9 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South 6 to 9 mph with gusts to 16 mph in
                    the afternoon.
Mixing height.......8500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 10 mph.
Haines Index........4 Low.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear. Areas of smoke and haze.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 66.
Max humidity........30 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 8 to 9 mph. Gusts to 20 mph before
                    2000.
Mixing height.......8000 ft AGL falling to near the surface overnight.
Transport winds.....West around 11 mph.
Haines Index........5 Moderate.

.MONDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 97.
Min humidity........8 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 6 to 9 mph with gusts to 15 mph
                    shifting to the northeast around 5 mph in
                    the afternoon.
Mixing height.......4000 ft AGL increasing to 8000 ft AGL in the
                    afternoon.
Transport winds.....North 6 to 10 mph.
Haines Index........5 Moderate.

.MONDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear. Areas of smoke and haze.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 70.
Max humidity........29 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 5 to 7 mph.
Mixing height.......6500 ft AGL falling to near the surface overnight.
Transport winds.....Northwest 7 to 10 mph.
Haines Index........4 Low.

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 101.
Min humidity........8 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 6 to 8 mph shifting to the
                    southeast in the afternoon. Gusts to 20 mph
                    in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......4500 ft AGL increasing to 9000 ft AGL in the
                    afternoon.
Transport winds.....Northeast around 8 mph shifting to the
                    southwest around 10 mph in the afternoon.
Haines Index........4 Low.



$$
Forecaster...MSC
Requested by...Ryan Scharnhorst
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2417448.2/OTX
.DELDT 07/07/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL ryan_scharnhorst@firenet.gov