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FNUS76 KOTX 302226
FWSOTX
SPOT FORECAST FOR SECOND CREEK...WA DNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
326 PM PDT FRI MAY 30 2025
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0600 PDT ON MAY 31.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
...ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS DUE TO GUSTY WINDS AND DRY
CONDITIONS ON SATURDAY...
A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE SECOND CREEK FIRE BETWEEN
1500 AND 1700 PDT LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL INCREASE
THROUGH THE DAY SATURDAY AND BECOME GUSTY ON RIDGE TOPS IN THE
AFTERNOON. MID SLOPES INTO THE SECOND CREEK DRAINAGE WILL BE
SHELTERED, BUT MAY SEE ERRATIC WIND DIRECTIONS AS WINDS EDDY OFF
OF THE RIDGE TOPS. DRY AIR WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONT WITH ONLY
FAIR RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERY SATURDAY NIGHT. SUNDAY WILL BE
DRY AND BREEZY, BUT NOT AS WINDY AS SATURDAY.
SATURDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING BECOMING PARTLY
SUNNY IN THE AFTERNOON. STRATOCUMULUS CLOUDS
INCREASING FROM THE WEST AFTER 1500 PDT.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF LIGHTNING.0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....VALLEY BOTTOM (2000 FEET): 81 (BY 1500 PDT).
RIDGE TOP (3200 FEET): 76 (BY 1500 PDT).
MIN HUMIDITY........24-27 PERCENT (BY 1500 PDT).
WIND (20 FT)........VALLEY/MIDSLOPES: NORTH-NORTHWEST WIND 4 TO 8
MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING NORTHWEST INCREASING
TO 7 TO 13 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 18 MPH IN THE
AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOPS: NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH IN THE
MORNING INCREASING TO 14 TO 20 MPH IN THE
AFTERNOON. GUSTS UP TO 18 MPH AFTER 0900 PDT
IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 30 MPH BY 1400 PDT
IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2000-3000 FT AGL IN THE MORNING. INVERSION
BREAKING BETWEEN 0900-1000 PDT WITH MIXING
HEIGHTS INCREASING TO 5500 FT AGL BETWEEN
1200 AND 1500 PDT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST AROUND 9 MPH IN THE MORNING INCREASING
TO AROUND 28 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SATURDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE EVENING THEN CLEARING AFTER
2100 PDT.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF LIGHTNING.0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....41-43.
MAX HUMIDITY........65 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VALLEY/MIDSLOPES: NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 13 MPH IN
THE EVENING DECREASING 4 TO 8 MPH AFTER 2200 PDT.
WINDS BECOMING NORTH-NORTHWEST 3 TO 6 MPH AFTER
0200 PDT OVERNIGHT. GUSTS UP TO 18 MPH IN THE
EVENING.
RIDGE TOPS: NORTHWEST WINDS 14 TO 20 MPH IN THE
EVENING DECREASING TO 7 TO 12 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO
AROUND 20 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3000 FT AGL IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO AROUND
1000 FT AGL AFTER MIDNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST TO AROUND 28 MPH IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO AROUND 20 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SUNDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF LIGHTNING.0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....VALLEY BOTTOM (2000 FEET): 73.
RIDGE TOP (3200 FEET): 69.
MIN HUMIDITY........16-18 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VALLEY/MIDSLOPES: NORTH-NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH.
RIDGE TOPS: NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH IN THE
MORNING INCREASING TO 11 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
GUSTS UP TO 22 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 7000 FT AGL IN THE
AFTERNOON. INVERSION BREAKING AROUND 1000 PDT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 11 TO 16 MPH.
FORECASTER...SVH
REQUESTED BY...DAVID WINTER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2515069.0/OTX
.DELDT 05/30/25
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL DAVID_WINTER@FIRENET.GOV
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