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Spot Forecast for Hope Fire...WA DNR
National Weather Service Spokane WA
441 PM PDT Wed Jul 30 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 PDT on July 31. 
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR 
ABUNDANT LIGHTNING...

.DISCUSSION...

Coverage of thunderstorms Thursday will be greatest from 1300 to 2000 local 
time with localized heavy rain, gusty winds near 35 to 40 mph and small
hail with more scattered lightning. Friday will see a 30%
chance of wetting rain from wet thunderstorms. 

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny. Chance of showers and slight 
                    chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon between
                    1300 and 2000 local time. 
CWR.................15 percent. 
Chance of lightning.25 percent. 
Max temperature.....Around 92. 
Min humidity........23 percent. 
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds around 9 mph. Gusty and erratic 
                    winds expected near thunderstorms in the 
                    afternoon with gusts up to 40 mph. 
Mixing height.......9000 ft AGL. 
Transport winds.....Northeast 6 to 7 mph. 

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain showers through 
                    the night. 
CWR.................25 percent. 
Chance of lightning.5 percent. 
Min temperature.....60. 
Max humidity........85 percent. 
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 3 to 6 mph. Gusty and erratic winds 
                    expected near thunderstorms in the evening. 
Mixing height.......Near surface.
Transport winds.....North 6 to 8 mph. 

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny then becoming mostly cloudy. 
                    50% chance and chance of thunderstorms after 1100. 
CWR.................25 percent. 
Chance of lightning.35 percent. 
Max temperature.....85. 
Min humidity........40 percent. 
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south around 5 mph in the 
                    afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected 
                    near thunderstorms. 
Mixing height.......6500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 5 to 8 mph. 

$$
Forecaster...DB
Requested by...Bill Coates
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2518633.4/OTX
.DELDT 07/30/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL bill_coates@firenet.gov,dusty_patrick@firenet.gov