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Issued by NWS Spokane, WA

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Spot Forecast for Swimptkin...WA-CAC
National Weather Service Spokane WA
1120 AM PDT Sun Oct 5 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1118 PDT on October 05.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Light north winds will compete with diurnal upslope S/SW today, and then
turn to downslope tonight out of the N/NE before returning to W/SW upslope
tomorrow. Temperatures will be cold tonight with lows in the lower 30s and
potential for frost. More uncertainty for mid week, but looks to be trending warm
and dry with seasonably warm temperatures for early October.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 54.
Min humidity........22 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light upslope winds competing with
                    light north winds of 5 mph.
Mixing height.......3000 ft AGL increasing to 4500 ft
                    AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....North 8 to 9 mph.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 32.
Max humidity........53 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........NNE downslope winds
Mixing height.......1500 ft AGL falling to near surface.
Transport winds.....North 7 to 8 mph.

.MONDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 60.
Min humidity........36 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light upslope winds 4-6 mph
Mixing height.......Near surface with inversion breaking by 10am
                    then increasing to 3000 ft AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....North around 6 mph shifting to the northwest
                    around 5 mph in the afternoon.

$$
Forecaster...KB
Requested by...Jason Fulfer
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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