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Spot Forecast for Hope Fire...WA-DNR
National Weather Service Spokane WA
959 PM PDT Sun Aug 3 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 PDT on August 04.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Thunderstorm chances increase Monday afternoon and evening. Main concerns
with these thunderstorms will be localized gusty outflow winds and
lightning. Winds will be largely terrain driven. Tuesday sees calmer
weather return.

.MONDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny in the morning then partly cloudy. Chance
                    of rain showers and slight chance of thunderstorms in
                    the afternoon.
CWR.................5 percent.
Chance of lightning.20 percent.
Max temperature.....82 at 2000 feet to 77 at 3200 feet.
Min humidity........26 percent at 2000 feet to 31 percent at 3200 feet.
Wind (20 ft)........Downslope/downvalley 2-5 mph through 0900 then south
                    4-9 mph. Gusty and erratic winds expected
near thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......7500 ft AGL with inversion breaking around 0900.
Transport winds.....South 5-10 mph increasing to 10-15 mph around
1200 PDT.

.MONDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening.
CWR.................5 percent.
Chance of lightning.20 percent.
Min temperature.....49-54.
Max humidity........78-81 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South 4-7 mph shifting to the west around 1900
PDT. Gusty and erratic winds expected near
thunderstorms in the evening.
Mixing height.......Falling to near surface around 2000 PDT.
Transport winds.....South winds 10-15 mph shifting to the west
5-10 around 2000.

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.5 percent.
Max temperature.....2000 feet to 75 at 3200 feet.
Min humidity........25 percent at 2000 feet to 31 percent at 3200 feet.
Wind (20 ft)........South 6-10 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......9500 ft AGL with inversion breaking around 0900.
Transport winds.....South 5-10 mph in the morning increasing to 10-15 mph
                    in the afternoon.

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Forecaster...AS/JW
Requested by...Brianna Strobel
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 08/03/25
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.EMAIL brianna.carstens@usda.gov