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Spot Forecast for Sunshine Piles...Washington State DNR
National Weather Service Spokane WA
512 PM PST Mon Feb 16 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 PST on February 17.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Low pressure will linger through midweek, bringing cold weather and
a mix of of sun and clouds. Winds will generally be light and
diurnally driven, becoming more upslope/easterly in the afternoon
hours. A 20 percent chance for snow will be found during the afternoon
hours, but the risk for much accumulation is low with the CWR
around 5 percent.


.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny. A 20 percent chance of
                    afternoon snow.
CWR.................5 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 31.
Min humidity........75 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Variable 2 to 4 mph in the morning...becoming
                    east 5 to 8 mph in the afternoon.
                    Gusts to 11 mph on ridges.
Mixing height.......2000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 5 to 6 mph.

.TUESDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy then becoming partly cloudy.
CWR.................5 percent.
Chance of lightning.5 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 24.
Max humidity........82 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds around 3 to 6 mph.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West around 5 mph.

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny. A 20 percent chance of snow.
CWR.................5 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 31.
Min humidity........66 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds around 3 to 5 mph shifting to the
                    southeast 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......3000 ft AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 5 mph shifting to the
                    southwest around 7 mph in the afternoon.

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Forecaster...MSC
Requested by...Anthony Rosenthal
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.EMAIL anthony.rosenthal@dnr.wa.gov