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FXUS66 KOTX 232001
AFDOTX
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
101 PM PDT WED JUL 23 2025
KEY MESSAGES
- 15% CHANCE FOR LIGHT SHOWERS IN NORTHEAST WA AND NORTH ID
THROUGH THIS EVENING.
- WARMER WITH BREEZY WINDS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, THEN SLIGHTLY
COOLER OVER THE WEEKEND.
- TEMPERATURES WARMING BACK INTO THE 90S TO LOW 100S NEXT WEEK
WITH LITTLE TO NO PRECIPITATION CHANCES.
SYNOPSIS
PARTLY SUNNY SKIES WITH SCATTERED CUMULUS DEVELOPMENT WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY WITH A SMALL THREAT FOR LIGHT SHOWERS
OVER NORTHEAST WA AND NORTH ID. CONDITIONS DRY OUT FOR THE REST
OF THE FORECAST PERIOD WITH WARMER TEMPERATURES THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY AND BREEZY WESTERLY WINDS. TEMPERATURES COOL SLIGHTLY
OVER THE WEEKEND, THEN REBOUND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.
DISCUSSION
REST OF TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY: A 15% CHANCE FOR SHOWERS LINGERS OVER
NORTHEAST WA AND NORTH ID THROUGH THIS EVENING AS THE LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM THAT BROUGHT YESTERDAY'S RAIN SHIFTS EAST OF THE REGION. THIS
WILL BE THE LAST TIME WE SEE PRECIPITATION CHANCES IN THE FORECAST
UNTIL THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM A FEW DEGREES
INTO THE UPPER 80S TO UPPER 90S THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WITH WINDS
PICKING UP OUT OF THE WEST. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS WILL RANGE FROM 10-
20 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 20-30 MPH. DRIER AIR WILL MOVE IN, DROPPING
AFTERNOON HUMIDITY LEVELS TO 15-25%. THE LOWERING HUMIDITY VALUES
COMBINED WITH WARMING TEMPERATURES AND BREEZY WINDS WILL BRING
ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS, PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE SNAKE RIVER
VALLEY, COLUMBIA BASIN, AND WATERVILLE PLATEAU INCLUDING WENATCHEE,
MOSES LAKE, AND EPHRATA, NONE OF WHICH RECEIVED A WETTING RAIN WITH
THE SYSTEM THAT MOVED THROUGH OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS.
SATURDAY INTO NEXT WEEK: TEMPERATURES WILL COOL BY 3 TO 7 DEGREES
THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS A TROUGH TAKES UP RESIDENCE OVER THE INLAND
NORTHWEST. HEADING INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK, MODELS ARE IN GOOD
AGREEMENT ON THE TROUGH RETROGRADING INTO THE PACIFIC WHICH WOULD
PLACE US UNDER HIGHER PRESSURE ALOFT AND ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO HEAT
BACK UP INTO THE 90S TO LOW 100S. NOT MUCH WIND IS ANTICIPATED WITH
THIS PATTERN ASIDE FROM TYPICAL DIURNAL BREEZES. OVERALL THE
FORECAST PERIOD IS LOOKING RELATIVELY QUIET IN COMPARISON TO THE
PAST FEW DAYS. /FEWKES
AVIATION
18Z TAFS: VFR CONDITIONS WITH LIGHT WINDS WILL PREVAIL FOR THE
TAF PERIOD. FEW TO SCATTERED CUMULUS BUILDUPS EXPECTED THROUGH
THIS AFTERNOON THOUGH CLOUDS DEPTHS SHOULD SHRINK WITH TIME AS
TEMPERATURES WARM ALOFT. NORTH IDAHO WILL CARRY THE BEST
CHANCES FOR A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS.
FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND/OR ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: HIGH CONFIDENCE
FOR VFR CONDITIONS.
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
SPOKANE 59 90 60 88 57 84 / 0 0 0 0 0 0
COEUR D'ALENE 58 90 59 86 57 83 / 0 0 0 0 0 0
PULLMAN 53 87 55 84 52 81 / 0 0 0 0 0 0
LEWISTON 64 97 65 94 62 90 / 0 0 0 0 0 0
COLVILLE 49 89 49 85 47 83 / 0 0 0 0 0 0
SANDPOINT 53 86 55 84 52 80 / 0 0 0 0 0 0
KELLOGG 60 86 60 83 58 81 / 0 0 0 0 0 0
MOSES LAKE 59 95 58 91 55 87 / 0 0 0 0 0 0
WENATCHEE 67 93 65 88 61 85 / 0 0 0 0 0 0
OMAK 60 94 60 90 57 85 / 0 0 0 0 0 0
OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
WA...NONE.
ID...NONE.
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