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FNUS76 KOTX 252150
FWSOTX
SPOT FORECAST FOR BRADEEN HILL...NWICC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
250 PM PDT SAT JUL 25 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1500 PDT ON JULY 25.
..RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING
DISCUSSION
A DRY COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE REGION WILL BRING LOW
HUMIDITY AND STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS AT THE FIRE LOCATION
THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS WILL RELAX AROUND 2200
HOURS THIS EVENING. WINDS SUNDAY WILL REMAIN BREEZY WITH SLIGHTLY
HIGHER HUMIDITY VALUES.
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. HAZE THROUGH THE DAY. AREAS OF SMOKE
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF LIGHTNING.0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 88-94.
MIN HUMIDITY........12-18 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 12 TO 16 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 30 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......10000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 26 TO 30 MPH.
VENTILATION INDEX...VERY HIGH (2441).
TIME (PDT) 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM
SKY (%).........2 2 2 2 2 2 9 9 9 14 14 14
WEATHER COV.....DEF DEF DEF DEF ARS ARS ARS ARS ARS
WEATHER TYPE....HAZ HAZ HAZ HAZ SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK
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............86 84 85 84 82 76 71 69 67 65 63 61
RH..............17 16 17 18 20 27 35 39 43 47 50 54
20 FT WIND DIR..S S SW SW SW SW SW S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..14 15 15 14 11 10 8 6 6 6 6 5
20 FT WIND GUST.22 28 30 22 18 17 14 10 10 10 10 7
MIX HGT (KFT)...9.5 10 9.5 8.5 7.0 1.5 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW W SW S SW S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.26 29 29 28 24 16 14 12 10 9 8 8
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. HAZE AND PATCHY SMOKE EARLY IN
THE EVENING. AREAS OF SMOKE IN THE LATE EVENING
AND OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF LIGHTNING.0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 55-60.
MAX HUMIDITY........65-70 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 8 TO 14 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 22
MPH BECOMING SOUTH 8 TO 14 AFTER 2200.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8500 FT AGL DECREASING TO NEAR SURFACE.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 24 TO 28 MPH DECREASING TO 10 TO 16
MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING.
VENTILATION INDEX...VERY HIGH (2019) DECREASING TO LOW (37)
OVERNIGHT.
SUNDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. PATCHY SMOKE EARLY IN THE MORNING. HAZE
EARLY IN THE MORNING.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF LIGHTNING.0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 82.
MIN HUMIDITY........20 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 21 MPH LATE
IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 7000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 7 TO 16 MPH.
VENTILATION INDEX...MODERATE (448) INCREASING TO VERY HIGH (986) IN
THE AFTERNOON.
FORECASTER...JCLEV
REQUESTED BY...NWICC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2618227.0/OTX
.DELDT 07/25/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL WANEC@FIRENET.GOV
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