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Spot Forecast for Shoofly...Other
National Weather Service Spokane WA
835 PM PDT Mon Jul 15 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 PDT on July 16.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...
Tuesday will be about 10 degrees warmer than Monday as warm high
pressure builds over the Washington Cascades. Relative humidity
recovery will be poor Tuesday night as temperatures remain warm
especially in the mid-slopes. Wednesday has the potential to be
a critical weather day with a 30 percent chance of thunderstorms
capable of dry lightning and gusty outflow winds.

West or northwest winds will return on Thursday and Friday with
high temperatures in the 70s. Winds Thursday and Friday look to be
at or below 10 mph most of the day with typical gusts up to 20 mph
during the evenings.

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....82.
Min humidity........29 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Valleys/Midslopes: Becoming upslope/upvalley 4
                    to 9 mph by 0900 pdt.
                    Ridges: Becoming southeast 3 to 7 mph by mid morning.
Mixing height.......As high as 6000 ft AGL between 1100 and 1900 pdt.
Transport winds.....Southeast 3 to 7 mph shifting to the
                    southwest 6 to 9 mph in the afternoon.
Haines Index........5 Moderate.

.TUESDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear in the evening. Becoming becoming partly
                    cloudy with a 15 percent chance of dry thunderstorms
                    around sunrise.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................2.
Min temperature.....As cool as 59 lower slopes. As warm as 65 degrees
                    in the mid-elevation thermal belt.
Max humidity........47 percent. Poor recovery.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 4 to 8 mph in the evening
                    becoming downslope/downvalley 2 to 5 mph overnight.
                    Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms overnight.
Mixing height.......Falling to 500 ft AGL by 2100 pdt.
Transport winds.....Northwest 5 to 9 mph.
Haines Index........4 Low.

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny. A 30 percent chance of thunderstorms
                    capable of dry lightning.
CWR.................5 percent.
LAL.................6. (Dry lightning)
Max temperature.....82.
Min humidity........32 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Valleys/Midslopes: Upslope/upvalley 3 to 7 mph by
                    1000 pdt. Becoming south or southwest 6 to 10 mph in
                    the afternoon with gusts of 30 mph or more in the
                    vicinity of thunderstorms.
                    Ridges: Southeast 4 to 8 mph by mid morning. Becoming
                    south or southwest 8 to 12 mph in the afternoon with
                    gusts as high as 40 mph in the vicinity of thunderstorms.
Mixing height.......As high as 6000 ft AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 8 mph shifting to the
                    southwest around 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
Haines Index........4 Low.

$$
Forecaster...GK
Requested by...Planning
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 07/15/24
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.EMAIL joey_kosiorowski@firenet.gov