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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
.TAG 2411441.0/OTX
.DELDT 04/19/24
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.EMAIL idcdc@firenet.gov,justin.colvin@usda.ov,jonathan.jameson@usda.gov