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SPOT FORECAST FOR D4 RX ST. JOE DIVIDE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
230 PM PDT FRI APR 19 2024
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 PDT ON APRIL 20.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
WEAK HIGH PRESSURE MOVES IN SATURDAY, BEFORE A STRONG COLD FRONT
MOVES THROUGH THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. SATURDAY
WILL BE MOSTLY SUNNY, WITH JUST A FEW AFTERNOON CUMULUS. MORNING
BREEZINESS OUT OF THE EAST WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE. SATURDAY NIGHT
WILL SEE CLOUDS MOVE IN WITH RAIN SHOWERS BECOMING LIKELY BY LATE
EVENING. THOSE MAY MIX WITH SNOW OVERNIGHT. THE RAIN AND SNOW
SHOWER CHANCES WILL LINGER SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE DRYING OUT. THE
WIND TURNS MORE SOUTHERLY SATURDAY EVENING, THEN TURNS TO THE
WEST-SOUTHWEST LATER OVERNIGHT SUNDAY BEHIND THE COLD FRONT.
THE WINDS REMAIN BREEZY THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON, THEN DECREASE
OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY WITH COLDER AND DRIER AIR COMING IN.
SATURDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 56.
MIN HUMIDITY........35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 6 TO 9 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH BECOMING
SOUTHEAST 5 TO 6 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 10 MPH IN THE
AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5500 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST AROUND 12 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH AROUND
11 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
SATURDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS BECOMING LIKELY
BY 2200. A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................45 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 34.
MAX HUMIDITY........83 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
SOUTHWEST 6 TO 11 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 23
MPH OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3000 FT AGL FALLING TO 500 FT AGL DECREASING
AFTER SUNSET, THEN INCREASING TO 2000 FT AGL
OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST AROUND 8 MPH INCREASING TO WEST
AROUND 20 MPH OVERNIGHT.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
SUNDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS AND RAIN
SHOWERS IN THE MORNING.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 43.
MIN HUMIDITY........50 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 13 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 25 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6500 FT AGL IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 23 TO 25 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
FORECASTER...MSC
REQUESTED BY...CHERYL HOGAN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 04/19/24
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