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Spot Forecast for Buffalo Lake...WA-CAC
National Weather Service Spokane WA
507 PM PDT Wed Oct 8 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 PDT on October 09.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Clear and dry conditions expected for Thursday, then cloud cover
and chances for showers increase Friday morning with the arrival
of a low pressure system. Winds will generally be diurnally driven
becoming breezy out of the south in the late morning and
afternoon, then subsiding and shifting east overnight.
Intermittent showers continue through the weekend into early next
week. Rain amounts generally look light with only a 10 percent
chance of a wetting rain (greater than 0.10 inches) Friday.

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....73.
Min humidity........29 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 10 to 13 mph shifting south
                    7 to 11 mph after 1500.
Mixing height.......Increasing to 5000 ft AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....Southeast 15 to 18 mph becoming south 9 to
                    13 mph after 1500.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear in the evening becoming partly cloudy
                    by early morning.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Min temperature.....53.
Max humidity........57 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 3 to 6 mph in the evening shifting
                    east with similar speeds after 2000.
Mixing height.......Falling to near surface after 1830.
Transport winds.....South 3 to 6 mph becoming east with similar
                    speeds after 2000.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy in the morning becoming partly
                    cloudy in the afternoon. 30 percent chance of
                    showers in the morning decreasing to 20 percent
                    in the afternoon and evening.
CWR.................10 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....65.
Min humidity........42 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 3 to 6 mph in the morning becoming
                    south 8 to 12 mph after 1200.
Mixing height.......Inversion lifting around 0930. Increasing to
                    5000 ft AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....East 5 to 8 mph shifting to the south 13 to 16
                    mph after 1200.

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Forecaster...RFKS
Requested by...Jason Fulfer
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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