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Spot Forecast for Lower Sugarloaf...US Forest Service
National Weather Service Spokane WA
603 AM PDT Tue Sep 2 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 PDT on September 02.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THURSDAY...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...

Hot and dry conditions in place today. Humidity will trend drier
today by roughly 8 percent. Shallow morning inversions will lift
around 0900. Winds will persist from the southeast through this
afternoon then shift to the northwest after 2000. Thermal belts
remain in place overnight with poor recoveries and weak
inversions. Tomorrow will be hotter and drier with very unstable
conditions.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny. Haze through the day.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....87.
Min humidity........25 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light east winds 1 to 4 mph in the
                    morning becoming southeast 4 to 8 mph after
                    1000.
Mixing height.......Near surface through 0900 increasing to
                    7500 ft AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....East 1 to 4 mph becoming southeast 7 to 11
                    mph after 1000 then south 13 to 17 mph after
                    1300.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear. Haze in the evening.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Min temperature.....70.
Max humidity........35 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South 3 to 7 mph in the evening
                    becoming northwest 2 to 5 mph after 2000.
Mixing height.......Falling to near surface around 2000.
Transport winds.....South 9 to 12 mph in the evening
                    becoming northwest 2 to 5 mph after 2000.

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny. Haze in the morning.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....89.
Min humidity........18 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light east winds 1 to 4 mph in the morning
                    shifting to the southeast 3 to 7 mph after
                    1100.
Mixing height.......Near surface through 0900 increasing to
                    10500 ft AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....East 1 to 4 mph in the morning
                    becoming southeast 7 to 9 mph after 1100.

$$
Forecaster...RFKS/SB
Requested by...Ross Boots
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 09/02/25
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.EMAIL ross.boots@usda.gov