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SPOT FORECAST FOR WESTERN PINES FIRE...NEWAIMT3
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
310 PM PDT THU JUL 17 2025
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0700 PDT ON JULY 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
..RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 10 PM PDT FRIDAY
DISCUSSION
WINDS WILL INCREASE ON FRIDAY AND BECOME GUSTY OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST
AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT PASSAGE. THE FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH BETWEEN
1800 TO 2000 PDT WITH A BURST OF WEST WINDS GUSTING UP TO 35 MPH.
BREEZY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL OCCUR ON SATURDAY, BEFORE A LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM DROPS OVER THE REGION EARLY NEXT WEEK. THIS SYSTEM WILL RESULT
IN COOLER TEMPERATURES, INCREASE RELATIVE HUMIDITY, AND A 20 PERCENT
CHANCE OF SHOWERS ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY.
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF LIGHTNING.0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 93.
MIN HUMIDITY........18 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 3 TO 7 MPH THROUGH 1000 SHIFTING
TO THE SOUTHWEST 10 TO 16 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25
MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE THROUGH 0800 PDT INCREASING TO
8500 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH THROUGH 1000 THEN SOUTHWEST
10 TO 16 MPH 1000-1200, THEN SOUTHWEST AROUND 20
MPH.
FRIDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF LIGHTNING.0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 59.
MAX HUMIDITY........61 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 10 TO 17 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH
THROUGH 2100 THEN DECREASING TO 4 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7000 FT AGL FALLING TO 500 FT AGL BY 2100 PDT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 15 TO 20 MPH IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO
5 TO 15 MPH OVERNIGHT.
SATURDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF LIGHTNING.0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 86.
MIN HUMIDITY........22 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 13 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH
IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE THROUGH 0700 PDT INCREASING TO
8500 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 10 TO 15 MPH.
FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5
SUNDAY
PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S.
SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 7 MPH.
MONDAY
MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S.
HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. VARIABLE WIND 3 TO 6 MPH.
TUESDAY
PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S.
HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. VARIABLE WIND 3 TO 6 MPH.
FORECASTER...JW
REQUESTED BY...DUSTY PATRICK
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2517750.8/OTX
.DELDT 07/17/25
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL JESSICA.WALSTON@DNR.WA.GOV,AANA_KULAAS@FIRENET.GOV,DUSTY.PATRICK@GMAIL.COM
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