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Spot Forecast for Hope Fire...WA-DNR
National Weather Service Spokane WA
1005 PM PDT Tue Aug 5 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 PDT on August 06.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Wednesday will bring rain showers through much of the day with
0.05-0.15" of rain expected between 1100 to 2200 PDT. Slight
chance of thunderstorms Wednesday afternoon and evening. Thursday
will feature an additional 0.10-0.20" of rain between 0500 and
1600 PDT with greater thunderstorm coverage expected in the late
morning and afternoon. Thursday afternoon shows a 40 percent
chance of thunderstorms, which could bring erratic outflow winds
30-50 mph and frequent lightning.

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy. Rain showers through the day with
                    isolated thunderstorms in the afternoon.
CWR.................40 percent.
Chance of lightning.25 percent.
Max temperature.....63-68.
Min humidity........54-58 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 8 mph. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......Increasing to 2500 ft AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....Southwest 13-17 mph.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Isolated thunderstorms in the
                    evening with rain showers continuing overnight.
CWR.................35 percent.
Chance of lightning.25 percent.
Min temperature.....49-53.
Max humidity........96-100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 3 to 6 mph in the evening
                    becoming light. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms in the evening.
Mixing height.......Decreasing to near surface by 2200 PDT.
Transport winds.....Southwest 9 to 12 mph in the evening becoming
                    light.

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Rain showers through the day with
                    scattered thunderstorms starting in the late
                    morning and lasting into the evening.
CWR.................65 percent.
Chance of lightning.40 percent.
Max temperature.....65-71.
Min humidity........48-53 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southwest 5 to 8 mph in
                    the afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms.
Mixing height.......Increasing to 6500 ft AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....West 5 to 8 mph.

$$
Forecaster...RFKS/MSC
Requested by...Brianna Strobel
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2518930.3/OTX
.DELDT 08/05/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL brianna.carstens@usda.gov