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Spot Forecast for Lightning Creek Wildfire...USFS
National Weather Service Spokane WA
656 AM PDT Tue Aug 5 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 PDT on August 05. 
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Mild and dry conditions at the fire today. Southwest winds will
persist today and into Wednesday with an approaching frontal
system. Increasing cloud cover today and Wednesday with increasing
daytime humidity values. Shower and thunderstorm chances increase
Wednesday evening (10-20%) and more Thursday (30-40%). Winds will
be mostly light through Thursday, except near thunderstorm
development where they will be erratic and gusty. Chance of seeing
more than 0.10 inches of precipitation by Thursday morning 45% and
25% chance of seeing 0.25 inches or more.


.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny. Haze in the morning. Patchy smoke 
                    through the day. 
CWR.................0 percent. 
Chance of lightning.0 percent. 
Max temperature.....Around 75. 
Min humidity........38 percent. 
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 6 mph, becoming 6 to 8 mph between
					1200 and 1900 local time. 
Mixing height.......4000 ft AGL increasing to 5500 ft AGL in the 
                    afternoon. 
Transport winds.....Southwest 9 to 13 mph. 

.TUESDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy. Areas of smoke through the 
                    night. 
CWR.................0 percent. 
Chance of lightning.0 percent. 
Min temperature.....Around 54. 
Max humidity........52 percent. 
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds around 5 mph in the evening 
                    becoming light. 
Mixing height.......4000 ft AGL falling to 0 ft AGL. 
Transport winds.....Southwest 7 to 8 mph. 

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Chance (25%) of rain showers in the 
                    afternoon, between 1100 and 1800 local time.. 
CWR.................10 percent. 
Chance of lightning.10 percent. 
Max temperature.....Around 67. 
Min humidity........52 percent. 
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southwest around 5 mph in 
                    the afternoon, brief gusts 8 to 11 mph between 1200 and 
					1800 local time. 
Mixing height.......3000 ft AGL increasing to 3500 ft AGL in the 
                    afternoon. 
Transport winds.....Southwest 10 to 16 mph. 

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Forecaster...CD
Requested by...Nick Mersinger
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2519073.3/OTX
.DELDT 08/05/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL Nicholas.mersinger@usda.gov