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Spot Forecast for Martin Ranch...USFS
National Weather Service Spokane WA
558 AM PDT Thu Mar 27 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 PDT on March 27.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Additional rounds of showers will move into the region into Friday
more precipitation to the burn area.  Drier weather is expected
for the weekend with a 20 percent chance of showers on Saturday,
and dry weather on Sunday before precipitation returns Sunday
Night into Monday with snow levels around 3500 feet.

Here are the chances for various precipitation amounts being
reached from 5 AM Thursday to 5 AM Saturday: 0.01" or greater 95%,
0.10" or greater 70%, 0.25" or greater 20%, 0.50" or greater 5%.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny. Rain showers likely.
CWR.................15 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 49.
Min humidity........64 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West 3 to 7 mph shifting to southeast 5 to 8
                    mph in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL through 0900 PDT increasing to
                    3000 feet AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....Southwest 10 to 15 mph.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Rain showers, possibly mixing
                    with snow overnight.
CWR.................50 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 38.
Max humidity........86 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 5 to 8 mph in the evening
                    shifting to southwest 2 to 5 mph overnight.
Mixing height.......1500 ft AGL decreasing to 500 ft AGL overnight.
Transport winds.....Southeast 5 to 10 mph in the evening shifting
                    to southwest around 5 mph overnight.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Rain showers likely, possibly
                    mixing with snow in the morning.
CWR.................15 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 46.
Min humidity........68 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL through 0900 PDT increasing to 4000 ft
                    AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....Southwest 5 to 10 mph in the morning increasing
                    to 10 to 20 mph in the afternoon.

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Forecaster...JW
Requested by...Benton Merritt
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 03/27/25
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.EMAIL benton.merritt@usda.gov