The Plowboy Fire, centered 21 miles NNW of Coolin, was started by lightning on August 19th, and burned 1,224 acres.
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The episode as NWS OTX wrote it up.
The Plowboy Fire, centered 21 miles NNW of Coolin, was started by lightning on August 19th, and burned 1,224 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 31, 9:30 PM PST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1030 PM PDT THU AUG 31 2006 .SYNOPSIS... AFTER ONE MORE CHILLY NIGHT...A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE INLAND NORTHWEST....THROUGH THE DAY FRIDAY AND INTO THE WEEKEND. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR A RETURN TO ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND GENERALLY DRY CONDITIONS FOR THE LABOR DAY WEEKEND. && .DISCUSSION... SATELLITE INDICATES REGION HAS NOW ENTERED A PERIOD OF RIDGING. LATEST MODEL RUNS ARE SIMILAR AND COMPLETELY PLAUSIBLE VERSUS SATELLITE EXTRAPOLATION. A STRONG SURFACE HIGH WILL BUILD OVER NORTHWEST MONTANA AND WRAP THROUGH SOUTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA THROUGH THE NIGHT. THIS WILL LIKELY PROVIDE SOME NORTH TO NORTHEAST DRIFT WINDS THROUGH THE OKANOGAN VALLEY AND PURCELL TRENCH. THESE WINDS WILL LIKELY KEEP BOUNDARY LAYER STIRRED UP ENOUGH TO PREVENT UNUSUALLY LOW MORNING MINIMUMS. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION MORNING LOW TEMPERATURES WILL BE THE MAIN FORECAST PROBLEM. TWENTY FOUR HOUR TRENDS INDICATE CURRENT TEMPS A BIT HIGHER THAN SAME TIME LAST NIGHT...BUT DEW POINTS DRAMATICALLY LOWER. THIS DRY AIR ARGUES FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR MORNING MINIMUMS NEAR OF SLIGHTLY BELOW THIS MORNINGS MINIMUMS DUE TO RADIATIONAL COOLING IN WIND PROTECTED LOCATIONS. IT WILL BE ANOTHER CHILLY MORNING WITH SOME ISOLATED FREEZING TEMPERATURES IN OUTLYING RURAL AREAS...BUT NOT WIDESPREAD ENOUGH...AND TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY NOT HOLD BELOW FREEZING LONG ENOUGH TO DAMAGE CROPS...THUS NO FREEZE WARNINGS ARE WARRANTED. MINOR UPDATE TO ZONE FORECAST EXPECTED SHORTLY TO REMOVE EVENING SHOWERS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND TWEAK EXPECTED LOW TEMPERATURE FORECAST. MINOR UPDATE TO STATE FORECAST FOR SAME REASON. /FUGAZZI && .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS ALL TAF SITES THROUGH 06Z SATURDAY. AREAS OF FU WILL LINGER IN VCNTY OF THE BLUE MTS...AS WELL AS NEAR THE KOMK AREA...AND MAY PRODUCE LOCAL MVFR VIS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SPOKANE 37 79 49 89 53 93 / 0 0 0 0 0 10 COEUR DALENE 40 79 45 89 47 93 / 0 0 0 0 0 10 PULLMAN 35 80 44 89 46 93 / 0 0 0 0 0 10 LEWISTON 44 85 52 95 56 100 / 0 0 0 0 0 10 COLVILLE 39 79 41 91 42 95 / 0 0 0 0 0 0 SANDPOINT 43 78 41 88 43 91 / 0 0 0 0 0 10 KELLOGG 39 78 47 90 47 94 / 0 0 0 0 0 10 MOSES LAKE 40 84 47 92 51 95 / 0 0 0 0 0 10 WENATCHEE 47 82 55 91 59 94 / 0 0 0 0 0 10 OMAK 40 84 47 91 51 97 / 0 0 0 0 0 10 && .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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