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SPOT FORECAST FOR INDIAN BLUFF...NEWICC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
457 PM PDT FRI JUL 24 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1700 PDT ON JULY 24.
..RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 10 PM PDT SATURDAY
DISCUSSION
A DRY COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH SATURDAY AROUND NOON, WHICH
WILL INCREASE WINDS OUT OF THE WEST. BY MIDDAY SATURDAY, WIND
GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH AROUND 30 MPH OVER THE FIRE. WINDS
WILL RELAX LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. RHS WILL FALL INTO THE
TEENS TO LOW 20S EACH AFTERNOON FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE.
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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REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF LIGHTNING.0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 99.
MIN HUMIDITY........14-18 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6-9 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 15-20
MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......9000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST-SOUTHWEST AROUND 13-17 MPH.
VENTILATION INDEX...VERY HIGH (1290).
TIME (PDT) 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM
TEMP............98 97 96 93 85 79 76 74 71 68 66 65
RH..............15 16 17 20 27 35 41 44 46 48 51 53
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW W W W SW S S SW S S
20 FT WIND SPD..7 7 7 4 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2
20 FT WIND GUST.17 16 13 12 8 6 3 5 4 5 5 7
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. AREAS OF SMOKE.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF LIGHTNING.0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 63.
MAX HUMIDITY........52-56 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5-8 MPH IN THE EVENING
SHIFTING WEST 2-5 MPH AFTER 2000, THEN
BECOMING SOUTH 1-4 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......FALLING TO 500 FT AGL AROUND 2000.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST-SOUTHWEST 6-10 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST
3-7 MPH AFTER 2200.
VENTILATION INDEX...VERY HIGH (1128) DECREASING TO LOW (34)
OVERNIGHT.
SATURDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. AREAS OF SMOKE EARLY IN THE MORNING.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF LIGHTNING.0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 93.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-19 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5-11 MPH IN THE MORNING
BECOMING WEST-SOUTHWEST 12-16 MPH WITH GUSTS
TO 30 MPH AFTER 1300.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INVERSION LIFTING AROUND 0900. MIXING HEIGHT
INCREASING TO 9000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 9-12 MPH IN THE MORNING INCREASING
TO 33-40 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
VENTILATION INDEX...HIGH (607) INCREASING TO VERY HIGH (2199) IN
THE AFTERNOON.
FORECASTER...RFKS
REQUESTED BY...HAYLEY ELLIOTT
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 07/24/26
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