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SPOT FORECAST FOR SINLAHEKIN...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
243 PM PDT SAT OCT 3 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0600 PDT ON OCTOBER 04.
DISCUSSION
HIGH PRESSURE SUNDAY GIVES WAY TO A WEAK, DRY COLD FRONT SUNDAY
NIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY. LOOK FOR RELATIVELY MILD TEMPERATURES,
WITH AFTERNOON RHS IN THE UPPER 30S TO MID-40S AND FAIR RECOVERIES
AT NIGHT. WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE OUT OF THE WEST TO SOUTHWEST
MOST OF THE TIME, THOUGH EASTERN REACHES OF THE SITE COULD SEE
EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SPEEDS ARE FORECAST
TO INCREASE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING WITH THE
INCOMING DRY COLD FRONT, DECREASING SOME MONDAY AFTERNOON BUT
SOME INCREASED DOWNSLOPE COULD INCREASE THEM AGAIN FOR EARLY MONDAY
EVENING. CONTINUED DRY WEATHER AND RELATIVELY MILD TEMPERATURES
THROUGH THURSDAY, WITH LIGHT WINDS TERRAIN DRIVEN WINDS. LIGHT
RAIN AND SNOW SHOWER CHANCES AND COOLER TEMPERATURES BY LATE
FRIDAY INTO NEXT SATURDAY WITH COOLER READING AND GUSTY WINDS,
WITH POSSIBLE FREEZING TEMPERATURES POSSIBLE BY FRIDAY OR
SATURDAY MORNING.
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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SUNDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF LIGHTNING.0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....VALLEYS (BELOW 4000 FT)...62-66
RIDGES (ABOVE 4000 FT)....55-61.
MIN HUMIDITY........41-47 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 3 TO 7 MPH, LOCALLY
TO 11 MPH ON RIDGES.
SUNDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF LIGHTNING.0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....41-46.
MAX HUMIDITY........54-67 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH. GUSTS TO 12 MPH.
MONDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF LIGHTNING.0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....VALLEYS (BELOW 4000 FT)...60-64
RIDGES (ABOVE 4000 FT)....53-59.
MIN HUMIDITY........37-42 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 6 TO 13 MPH WITH GUSTS
TO 21 MPH IN THE MORNING...DECREASING
TO 4 TO 8 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH
IN THE AFTERNOON.
FORECASTER...MSC
REQUESTED BY...APRIL MILLER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2622514.7/OTX
.DELDT 10/03/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL CHRISTOPHER_MILLER@FIRENET.GOV
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