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Spot Forecast for Lightning Creek Fire...Northern Rockies Team 9
National Weather Service Spokane WA
150 PM PDT Wed Aug 13 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 PDT on August 14.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Thursday will be mostly sunny and dry, with cooler temperatures
and the continuation of some low-grade breezy conditions in the
afternoon and evening.  A wet system moves in between late
Thursday night and Saturday, increasing clouds and rain chances,
along with a risk for thunderstorms.  The best chance of rain
and thunderstorms comes around Saturday, when the chance for
wetting rain is  around 60% and the chance for thunderstorms
is around 25-30%.  This system will come with higher RH values
too, along with cooler temperatures.


.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny. Haze.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 68-73.
Min humidity........42-44 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 7 mph. Gusts to 15 mph
                    in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......6500 ft AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....Southwest 9 to 14 mph.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Haze through the night.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 54-56.
Max humidity........61-64 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds around 5 to 9 mph in the evening
                    with gusts to 15 mph...decreasing to 3 to 7 mph
 overnight.
Mixing height.......4500 ft AGL dropping to near the surface overnight.
Transport winds.....Southwest 10 to 12 mph.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny. Slight chance of rain showers
                    in the afternoon.
CWR.................10 percent.
Chance of lightning.10 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 63-68.
Min humidity........60-63 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 8 mph. Gusts to 14 mph
                    in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......2500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 11 to 12 mph.

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Forecaster...MSC
Requested by...Autumn Ashdale
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 08/13/25
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.EMAIL autumn_ashdale@firenet.gov