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Spot Forecast for Hope Fire...WA-DNR
National Weather Service Spokane WA
1000 PM PDT Mon Aug 4 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 2200 PDT on August 04. 
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Mild, dry, and breezy conditions at the fire Tuesday. Winds will gust 
to around 15 mph both afternoons and evenings. Wednesday will see a 
cooldown and chances of rain and thunderstorms, where concerns are 
lightning and localized heavy rainfall. Further rain with higher chances 
of a wetting rain will happen Wednesday night into Thursday, with a 70
percent chance of 0.10 inches or more. 

.REST OF TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy.
CWR.................0 percent. 
Chance of lightning.0 percent. 
Min temperature.....50-54. 
Max humidity........75-85 percent. 
Wind (20 ft)........Downslope/downvalley 2-5 mph. 
Mixing height.......Near the surface. 
Transport winds.....Downslope/downvalley 2-5 mph.

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny. 
CWR.................5 percent. 
Chance of lightning.5 percent. 
Max temperature.....78 at 3000 feet through 85 at 2000 feet. 
Min humidity........30-35 percent. 
Wind (20 ft)........South 3-8 mph in the morning increasing to 6-10
                    mph with gusts up to 15 mph in the afternoon. 
Mixing height.......7500 ft AGL with inversion breaking around 0900. 
Transport winds.....South 5-10 mph increasing to 10-15 mph around 
                    1200. 

.TUESDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy then becoming mostly cloudy. 
CWR.................0 percent. 
Chance of lightning.5 percent. 
Min temperature.....50-56. 
Max humidity........65-70 percent. 
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 6-10 mph with gusts up to 15 mph 
					through 2000 then decreasing to 3-6. 
Mixing height.......Decreasing to near surface around 2100. 
Transport winds.....South 10-15 mph decreasing to around 5 mph by 
					2300. 

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Rain showers likely and chance 
                    of thunderstorms in the afternoon. 
CWR.................10 percent. 
Chance of lightning.20 percent. 
Max temperature.....73 at 3000 feet through 82 at 2000 feet. 
Min humidity........39-44 percent. 
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5-10 mph with gusts up to
                    17 mph. Gusty and erratic winds expected 
                    near thunderstorms in the afternoon. 
Mixing height.......1000 ft AGL rising to 3000 ft AGL in the late
                    morning and afternoon. 
Transport winds.....Southwest 5-15 mph. 

$$
Forecaster...AS/JW
Requested by...Brianna Strobel
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2518930.2/OTX
.DELDT 08/04/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL brianna.carstens@usda.gov