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SPOT FORECAST FOR CASTLE ROCK FIRE...WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
159 PM PDT WED AUG 6 2025
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0600 PDT ON AUGUST 07.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
THURSDAY WITH GOOD SHOWER AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. THE BEST
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES NEAR CASTLE ROCK WILL BE FROM LATE MORNING TO THE
MIDDLE OF THE AFTERNOON. SURROUNDING HIGHER TERRAIN WILL BE THE MAIN
FOCAL POINT FOR THUNDERSTORMS INTO LATE AFTERNOON. AT THIS TIME SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. WATCH FOR THUNDERSTORM CLOUD BUILD UP
AND TAKE APPROPRIATE COVER IF LIGHTNING IS SEEN OR THUNDER HEARD. WARMING
AND DRYING STARTS FRIDAY.
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY AND CHANCE
OF THUNDERSTORMS. SURROUNDING HIGHER TERRAIN WILL BE
A FOCUS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM LATE MORNING
INTO THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................55 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF LIGHTNING.45 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 69.
MIN HUMIDITY........43 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. WIND GUSTS TO 25-35 MPH NEAR
THUNDERSTORMS. GENERAL WINDS TRENDING WESTERLY
MIDDLE TO LATE AFTERNOON AT 5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5500 FT AGL IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST AROUND 6 MPH IN
THE AFTERNOON.
THURSDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF LIGHTNING.15 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 42.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST 3 TO 6 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. WIND GUSTS TO 25 MPH
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3000 FT AGL FALLING TO 0 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 6 MPH.
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF LIGHTNING.0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 80.
MIN HUMIDITY........28 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 10000 FT AGL IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 6 TO 12 MPH.
FORECASTER...TC
REQUESTED BY...ERIC KRAUSZ
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 08/06/25
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL ERIC_KRAUSZ@FIRENET.GOV,AANNA_KULAAS@FIRENET.GOV
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