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FNUS76 KOTX 130326
FWSOTX
SPOT FORECAST FOR WAWAWAI FIRE...WHITMAN CO. FIRE DIST. #14
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
826 PM PDT FRI JUN 12 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 2000 PDT ON JUNE 12.
DISCUSSION
BREEZY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECLINE AND SHIFT
TO THE NORTHEAST OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. WINDS WILL BE
LIGHTER OVERNIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE BECOMING BREEZY
OUT OF THE NORTHEAST SATURDAY AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES TREND WARMER
THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
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FORECASTS FOR 20 FOOT WIND SPEEDS (VALLEYS AND RIDGE TOPS) ARE
10 MINUTE AVERAGES REFLECTING RAWS WIND.
***VENTILATION INDEX IS DERIVED FROM TRANSPORT WIND
MULTIPLIED BY THE MIXING HEIGHT DIVIDED BY 100.
CATEGORIES: LOW (< 200), MODERATE (200-500),
HIGH (500-800), AND VERY HIGH (> 800).
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TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY BECOMING MOSTLY CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF LIGHTNING.0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....50.
MAX HUMIDITY........70-75 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VALLEY: NORTHWEST TO NORTH 5 TO 9 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO NORTH TO NORTHEAST 2 TO 5 MPH AFTER 2200.
RIDGETOPS: NORTHWEST TO NORTH 8 TO 13 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO NORTH TO NORTHEAST 2 TO 6 MPH AFTER 2200.
MIXING HEIGHT.......FALLING TO NEAR THE SURFACE BETWEEN 2000 AND 2100.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING
NORTHEAST 3 TO 6 MPH AROUND 2400 HOURS, THEN SHIFTING
TO THE EAST 5 TO 7 MPH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
VENTILATION INDEX...LOW (43).
TIME (PDT) 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM 7AM
SKY (%).........10 15 15 15 14 14 14 7 7 7 6 6
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF LTNG (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............72 69 64 61 60 57 54 54 51 50 53 56
RH..............25 30 37 45 50 57 59 61 69 72 66 57
20 FT WIND DIR..W NW NW N N NE NE E E E E S
20 FT WIND SPD..5 7 4 2 4 3 2 3 3 2 2 3
20 FT WIND GUST.7 11 6 5 6 6 6 4 5
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.0
TRANSP WIND DIR.N NW NW NW N NE E E E E E E
TRANSP WIND SPD.10 9 6 5 5 3 5 6 6 6 5 7
SATURDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF LIGHTNING.0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....83.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH 2 TO 5 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING NORTHEAST
6 TO 10 MPH AROUND 1200. WIND GUSTS UP TO 15 MPH
IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INVERSION BREAKING AROUND 1000 WITH MIXING HEIGHT
AS HIGH AS 7500 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH.
VENTILATION INDEX...MODERATE (359) INCREASING TO HIGH (678) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
FORECASTER...VT
REQUESTED BY...RYAN SCHARNHORST
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2615432.0/OTX
.DELDT 06/12/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL RYAN.SCHARNHORST@PULLMAN-WA.GOV
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