735  
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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