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SPOT FORECAST FOR RHYMER-WEIR MACHINE PILES...USWFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
813 AM PDT WED OCT 28 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0700 PDT ON OCTOBER 28.
DISCUSSION
LOW PRESSURE WILL BRING A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS TO THE
BURN TODAY, WITH SOME BREEZY WINDS FROM THE SOUTH. TEMPERATURES
WILL BE COOL. THE CHANCE FOR A RAIN AND SNOW SHOWER MIX WILL
LINGER TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING, THE DECREASE. RAIN AMOUNTS
TODAY WILL BE UP TO 0.05-0.10" WITH SNOW AMOUNTS TRACE TO 0.1".
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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TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF LIGHTNING.10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....38-43.
MIN HUMIDITY........84-89 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 14 MPH
MIXING HEIGHT.......2500 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH AROUND 12 MPH.
VENTILATION INDEX...MODERATE (272).
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW
SHOWERS IN THE EVENING, THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SNOW SHOWERS AND RAIN SHOWERS OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF LIGHTNING.5 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 29.
MAX HUMIDITY........95 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WIND 3 TO 7 MPH. GUSTS TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR THE SURFACE.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH AROUND 7 MPH.
VENTILATION INDEX...LOW (73).
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS
IN THE MORNING...THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF LIGHTNING.0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....40-45.
MIN HUMIDITY........73-77 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WIND 2 TO 5 MPH. GUSTS TO 9 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST AROUND 6 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
LIGHT.
VENTILATION INDEX...LOW (120).
FORECASTER...MSC
REQUESTED BY...BEN LIPPERT
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2624755.0/OTX
.DELDT 10/28/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL BENJAMIN_LIPPERT@FWS.GOV,JORDAN_REEVES@FWS.GOV
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