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SPOT FORECAST FOR UPPER TURNBULL RX...US WILDLAND FIRE SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
351 PM PDT MON APR 6 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1600 PDT ON APRIL 06.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
WARM AND BREEZY AHEAD OF A DRY COLD FRONT PASSAGE MONDAY. THE DRY
COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE BURN AREA AROUND 0900-1100 HOURS
TUESDAY, BRINGING A SHARP WIND SHIFT FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHWEST.
WINDS WILL GUST UP TO 30 MPH TUESDAY AND CONDITIONS WILL BE DRIER
THAN MONDAY DESPITE COOLER TEMPERATURES. DRY AIR WILL PERSIST
THROUGH THE REST OF WEEK.
TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF LIGHTNING.0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70.
MIN HUMIDITY........33-37 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 4 TO 8 MPH. WIND GUSTS
UP TO 14 MPH THROUGH 1800 HOURS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 16 MPH.
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF LIGHTNING.0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 45.
MAX HUMIDITY........75 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO NEAR SURFACE AROUND 2000 HOURS.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 12 TO 16 MPH.
TUESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF LIGHTNING.0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....56.
MIN HUMIDITY........19-23 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 12 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING
BECOMING NORTHWEST 12 TO 18 MPH AROUND 1000 HOURS.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8000 FT AGL. INVERSION BREAKING AROUND 0800 HOURS.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 19 TO 21 MPH.
FORECASTER...DB
REQUESTED BY...BEN LIPPERT
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2609222.0/OTX
.DELDT 04/06/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL CHRISTIAN_BUETTNER@FWS.GOV,BENJAMIN_LIPPERT@FWS.GOV
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