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Spot Forecast for Apple Acres...CWICC
National Weather Service Spokane WA
654 AM PDT Fri Jul 4 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 PDT on July 04.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Near seasonal normal temperatures for Friday and Saturday with
clouds increasing from the south today. Winds will be from the
northeast this morning and shift to the east then to the south
through the early to mid afternoon with speeds increasing through
the day. Winds will shift sharply to the west this evening between
1800-1900 with the strongest winds across exposed ridgetops and
aligned valleys. Winds will gradually decrease Friday night into
early Saturday morning. There is a small chance (10%) of rain
showers this afternoon and evening, but any precipitation will be
light. Fair to poor RH recoveries Friday night with skies clearing
into Saturday morning.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny then becoming mostly cloudy.
 10% chance of showers in the afternoon.
CWR.................5 percent.
Chance of lightning.5 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 86.
Min humidity........15-18 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast to east winds 5 to 7 mph shifting to the
                    east 6 to 11 mph in the early afternoon then to the
                    south 8 to 14 mph. Gusts up to 22 mph in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......4000 ft AGL at 1000 PDT increasing to 7000 ft
                    AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....North 4 to 9 mph shifting to the southwest
                    around 8 to 14 mph in the afternoon.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy. 10% chance of showers in the
                    evening.
CWR.................5 percent.
Chance of lightning.5 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 62.
Max humidity........46-50 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 12 to 18 mph for exposed ridgetops
                    and west to east oriented valleys in the
                    evening. Winds becoming variable 2 to 5 mph
                    overnight.
                    West 5 to 10 for sheltered locations decreasing
                    to variable 2 to 4 mph overnight.
Mixing height.......5000 ft AGL  in the evening falling to
                    near the surface after sunset.
Transport winds.....Southwest 7 to 12 mph.

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny in the morning becoming partly
                    sunny in the afternoon (40-50 pct cloud
                    cover).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 87.
Min humidity........17-20 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South-southeast 4 to 7 mph in the morning
                    becoming southwest 12 to 17 mph in the afternoon.
                    Wind gusts up to 24 mph in the afternoon. Winds
                    shifting to the west 12 to 17 mph in the
                    early evening.
Mixing height.......5000 ft AGL at 1000 PDT increasing to 9000 ft
                    AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....Southwest 8 to 14 mph.

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Forecaster...VT
Requested by...D. Cottrell
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 07/04/25
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.EMAIL cottrell07@yahoo.com,wacwc@firenet.gov