The Collins Tooth Fire, centered 24 miles southeast of Avery, was a lightning caused fire that burned 560 acres.
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The episode as NWS OTX wrote it up.
The Collins Tooth Fire, centered 24 miles southeast of Avery, was a lightning caused fire that burned 560 acres.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Spokane, WA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 18, 9:43 AM PST, 2 hours 17 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1043 AM PDT FRI AUG 18 2006 .SYNOPSIS...A FLAT RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE INLAND NORTHWEST THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH A RETURN OF DRY AND VERY WARM WEATHER. THIS RIDGE WILL BREAK DOWN BY EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH SLIGHTLY COOLER AND UNSETTLED CONDITIONS. && .DISCUSSION... UPDATED THE FORECAST FOR A FEW ITEMS. REMOVED THE MORNING FOG IN THE CENTRAL ID PANHANDLE WHERE SATELLITE SHOWS IT HAS MIXED OUT. ALSO ADJUSTED THE SMOKE COVERAGE FROM THE FIRES IN THE NRN CASCADES. FIRST MORNING SHOTS ON THE VISIBLE SATELLITE INDICATED THE PLUME HAD SPREAD INTO THE OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS AND POINTS NORTH AND EAST. ANTICIPATE SIMILAR TRENDS WITH THE SMOKE OVERNIGHT AS WELL. ALSO ADDED HAZE TO MUCH OF THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF ERN WA. TEMPERATURES LOOK TO BE ON TRACK...A COUPLE DEGREES WARMER THAN YESTERDAY. IT SHOULD MAINLY STABLE...WITH SOME CU DEVELOPING ON THE ID RIDGES. RFOX. && .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED AT ALL TAF SITES THROUGH 18Z/19. AREAS OF SMOKE WILL LEAD TO LOCAL MVFR VSBYS NORTH OF KEAT...THROUGH KOMK AND WEST OF CQV. RFOX. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SPOKANE 85 56 88 57 91 59 / 0 0 0 0 0 0 COEUR DALENE 84 52 87 52 90 54 / 0 0 0 0 0 0 PULLMAN 83 51 86 50 89 52 / 0 0 0 0 0 0 LEWISTON 91 60 93 60 96 62 / 0 0 0 0 0 0 COLVILLE 88 51 91 48 94 50 / 0 0 0 0 0 0 SANDPOINT 84 53 83 50 86 51 / 0 0 0 0 0 0 KELLOGG 85 52 88 51 91 54 / 0 0 0 0 0 0 MOSES LAKE 91 54 94 55 97 58 / 0 0 0 0 0 0 WENATCHEE 91 66 92 62 95 63 / 0 0 0 0 0 0 OMAK 92 54 92 55 95 58 / 0 0 0 0 0 0 && .OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ID...NONE. WA...NONE. &&
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
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