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Spot Forecast for Columbia River Cutoff...Colville Agency
National Weather Service Spokane WA
1006 AM PDT Thu Jul 17 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1000 PDT on July 17.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
...Breezy north winds Thursday followed by shifting and gusty winds
with cold front passage Friday...

Winds will be breezy out of the north today with the strongest winds
this morning. Several wind shifts will occur on Friday beginning with
light winds becoming south near 1000, then south-southwest 1200-1600
and breezy, before a wind shift out of the west 1600-1800 with a
cold front passage.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 92.
Min humidity........19 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 11 to 20 mph with gusts to around 30
                    in the morning decreasing to 8 to 13 mph with gusts
                    to around 20 mph in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......Rising to 8500 ft AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....North 12 to 18 mph.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear. Haze.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 62.
Max humidity........53 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North 5 to 11 mph with gusts up to 20 mph through
                    2000 then northwest winds 5 to 8 mph.
Mixing height.......6000 ft AGL falling to near surface at 2000 PDT.
Transport winds.....North 6 to 11 mph.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny then becoming partly sunny. Haze in the
                    morning.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 92.
Min humidity........16 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 4 to 8 mph near
                    1000 increasing to 8 to 13 mph with gusts up to
                    25 mph in the afternoon, shifting to west
                    10 to 17 mph with gusts up to 30 mph between
                    1600-1800 PDT.
Mixing height.......Near surface through 0800 PDT increasing to
                    8500 ft AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....North less than 5 mph through 1000 then south
                    5-10 mph from 1000-1200, then southwest 10-17
                    mph 1000-1600, switching to west around 15 mph
                    between 1600-1800.

$$
Forecaster...JW
Requested by...Jason Fulfer
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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.EMAIL twila.leith-monaghan.mtf@colvilletribes.com,deborah.caudell@bia.gov