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Spot Forecast for Kootenai Pile...US Fish and Wildlife Service
National Weather Service Spokane WA
1139 AM PST Thu Jan 30 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1100 PST on January 31.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Dry conditions will occur at the burn site through this
afternoon with increasing chances for snow overnight. Snow
accumulations of 1 to 3 inches is forecast for the burn site on Friday,
changing to a rain and snow mix by Friday evening.


.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy. Snow, possibly changing to or mixing with
                    rain late in the afternoon. Snow accumulation 1 to
                    3 inches.
CWR.................85 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 33.
Min humidity........90 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south around 5 mph in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......Near the surface in the morning rising to
                    1000 ft AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....South around 5 mph in the morning increasing to
                    10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy. Rain mixed with snow. Snow accumulation
                    up to 1 inch.
CWR.................100 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 32.
Max humidity........92 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts to around 20
                    mph.
Mixing height.......1000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 10 to 15 mph.

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Forecaster...JW
Requested by...Pedro Gomez
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2501893.0/OTX
.DELDT 01/30/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL pedro_gomez@fws.gov,Jordan_reeves@fws.gov