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Spot Forecast for Road 11 Fire...Douglas County Rivercom
National Weather Service Spokane WA
331 PM PDT Thu Jul 4 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1500 PDT on July 04.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING...
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON SATURDAY TO 10 PM
PDT FRIDAY...

.DISCUSSION...
A strong ridge of high pressure will build over the Waterville
Plateau resulting in a prolonged drying and warming trend.
The winds for the remainder of day will be relatively light
out of the south but will gradually shift to west by early evening.
On Friday, expect very warm and dry conditions with increasing
west to northwest winds in the afternoon. The combination of hot
and dry conditions combined with increasing winds will lead to
critical fire weather conditions. For the weekend and into
next week expect to see very hot and dry conditions each day
with poor nighttime recoveries.



.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 88.
Min humidity........13 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 3 to 7 mph gradually
                    shifting to the southwest to
                    west between 1600 to 1800.
Mixing height.......8000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 8 mph.
Haines Index........3 Very Low.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 58.
Max humidity........56 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West to northwest winds 5 to 9 mph with
                    gusts to 16 mph possible this evening.
Mixing height.......8000 ft AGL falling to 500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 6 to 10 mph shifting to the
                    northwest overnight.
Haines Index........4 Low.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 94.
Min humidity........12 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 5 to 8 mph shifting to the west 6
                    to 10 mph with gusts of 15 to 20 mph in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......4500 ft AGL increasing to 9000 ft AGL in the
                    afternoon.
Transport winds.....North around 9 mph shifting to the west
                    10 to 15 in the afternoon.
Haines Index........5 Moderate.

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Forecaster...FX
Requested by...Dee
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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