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SPOT FORECAST FOR POMAS FIRE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
511 AM PDT THU AUG 28 2025
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0600 PDT ON AUGUST 28.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
* LOCALIZED FORECAST FOR RIDGETOPS NEAR LAKE CREEK *
DISCUSSION
SHOWERS THIS MORNING WILL DWINDLE AND CUMULUS BUILDUPS WILL
SLOWLY GROW INTO THUNDERSTORMS INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF HEAVY RAINFALL RATES ALONG WITH
PRODUCING GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY RESULT FLASH
FLOODING IN STEEP DRAINAGES AND NEAR THE POMAS FIRE. FRIDAY WILL
BE WARMER AND DRIER WITH THE THREAT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
SHIFTING NORTH OF THE AREA.
TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY THE MORNING, THEN
40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
AFTERNOON. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IN THUNDERSTORM CORES.
CWR.................40 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF LIGHTNING.30 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....62.
MIN HUMIDITY........60 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 3 TO 6 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST AROUND 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH
AROUND 5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF LIGHTNING.5 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....54.
MAX HUMIDITY........75 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY WINDS 1 TO 3 MPH. GUSTY AND
ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
EVENING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 6 MPH.
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF LIGHTNING.0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....67.
MIN HUMIDITY........44 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 2 TO 4 MPH.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 6 TO 8 MPH.
FORECASTER...DB
REQUESTED BY...CHRIS BROOKS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2520866.0/OTX
.DELDT 08/28/25
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL CHRISTOPHER.BROOKS@USDA.GOV
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