206  
FNUS76 KOTX 282025  
FWSOTX  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR GRANDE FIRE...NE WA IMT #1  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA  
125 PM PDT THU AUG 28 2025  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 2000 PDT ON AUGUST 28.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
TODAY WILL BE COOLER UNDER MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES. CUMULUS BUILD UPS  
THIS AFTERNOON MAY RESULT IN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. A BETTER CHANCE  
FOR THUNDERSTORMS COMES TOMORROW FROM 1100-1700. WINDS WILL BE MOSTLY  
LIGHT EXCEPT FOR GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. FRIDAY  
BEGINS A WARMING AND DRYING PERIOD WITH DECLINING RELATIVE HUMIDITY  
RECOVERIES.  
   
TONIGHT
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS  
IN THE EVENING.  
CWR.................20 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF LIGHTNING.15 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 60.  
MAX HUMIDITY........71 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 3-5 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS  
EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO NEAR SURFACE AROUND 2000.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 4 TO 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST  
AROUND 2000.  
   
FRIDAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS  
AFTER 1100 PDT. CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS WANING  
AFTER 1700 PDT.  
CWR.................10 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF LIGHTNING.25 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 75.  
MIN HUMIDITY........40 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 3-5 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED  
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......8500 FEET AGL WITH INVERSION BREAKING AROUND 0800.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 3 TO 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST AROUND  
1100.  
   
FRIDAY NIGHT
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN  
THE EVENING.  
CWR.................10 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF LIGHTNING.15 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 60.  
MAX HUMIDITY........63 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 3 TO 5 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS  
EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......FALLING TO NEAR SURFACE AROUND 2000.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 3 TO 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST  
AROUND 2000.  
 

 
FORECASTER...AS/SVH  
REQUESTED BY...JESSICA WALSTON  
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE  
.TAG 2520874.1/OTX  
.DELDT 08/28/25  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL JESSICA.WALSTON@DNR.WA.GOV  
 
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