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Spot Forecast for Crescent Road Fire...NEWA IMT 2
National Weather Service Spokane WA
359 PM PDT Tue Aug 19 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 PDT on August 20.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Winds will increase and shift out of the west late Wednesday
morning through Wednesday evening with a dry front passing through
the region. Gusts up to 20 mph are expected Wednesday afternoon.
A building ridge of high pressure will bring a drying and warming
trend Thursday through the weekend with minimum RHs falling into
the mid teens and afternoon high temperatures rising into the mid
90s by Saturday and Sunday.

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....84.
Min humidity........21 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 2 to 5 mph in the early morning
                    becoming west 8 to 11 mph after 1030 PDT
                    with gusts 17 to 20 mph.
Mixing height.......Inversion breaking around 1030 PDT.
                    Increasing to 8500 ft AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....South 5 to 8 mph in the morning becoming
                    west 18 to 22 mph after 1030 PDT.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 54.
Max humidity........52 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 7 to 11 mph in the evening
                    decreasing to 3 to 6 mph after 2100 PDT and
                    shifting northwest after 0100 PDT.
Mixing height.......Falling to near surface after 2100 PDT.
Transport winds.....West 10 to 13 mph in the evening decreasing to
                    4 to 7 mph after 2100 PDT and shifting
                    northwest after 0100 PDT.

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 84.
Min humidity........15 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest 2 to 4 mph in the morning becoming
                    northeast 3 to 6 mph after 1000 PDT.
Mixing height.......Inversion breaking around 1000 PDT.
                    Increasing to 8000 ft AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....North 4 to 7 mph through the day.

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Forecaster...RFKS/KD
Requested by...Sean Schroeder - PSC3
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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.EMAIL sean_schroeder@firenet.gov