The Quinns Meadow Fire, had an unknown cause and burned 327 acres. The fire destroyed one out-building, and was contained on September 4th.
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The Quinns Meadow Fire, had an unknown cause and burned 327 acres. The fire destroyed one out-building, and was contained on September 4th.
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 29, 9:44 AM PST, 2 hours 16 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1044 AM PDT TUE AUG 29 2006
.SYNOPSIS...
MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES ALONG WITH UNSETTLED CONDITIONS WILL
OCCUR MID WEEK AS A SIGNIFICANT UPPER LEVEL TROUGH PASSAGE OCCURS
OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
&&
.DISCUSSION...
A FORECAST UPDATE HAS BEEN ISSUED TO PRIMARILY LOWER HIGH
TEMPERATURES TODAY FOR THE GREATER SPOKANE AREA...THE IDAHO
PANHANDLE...AND THE WENATCHEE RIVER VALLEY. CLOUD COVER ASSOCIATED
WITH A MID LEVEL FRONT THIS MORNING COMBINED WITH ONGOING COLD AIR
ADVECTION WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES LOWER THEN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT FOR
SPOKANE AND THE IDAHO PANHANDLE. IN ADDITION...GUSTY WESTERLY
WINDS IN THE WENATCHEE RIVER VALLEY WILL USHER IN COOLER AIR FROM
NEAR THE CASCADE CREST. 850MB TEMPS SUGGEST HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR
WENATCHEE NOT RISING ABOVE THE UPPER 70S. JW
&&
.AVIATION...
VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE AT ALL TAF SITES THROUGH 18Z WED. A
MID LEVEL FRONT CURRENTLY OVER EXTREME EASTERN WASHINGTON AND
IDAHO WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE HIGH BASED ISOLATED SHOWERS WITH A
STRAY LIGHTNING STRIKE OR TWO THROUGH 21Z. OTHERWISE...STRONG COLD
AIR ADVECTION BEHIND THE FRONT AND TIGHT SURFACE PRESSURE
GRADIENTS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AT ALL TAF SITES
THROUGH THIS EVENING. JW
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SPOKANE 80 50 66 43 70 45 / 20 10 30 20 0 0
COEUR DALENE 83 50 66 41 70 41 / 20 10 30 20 10 0
PULLMAN 81 46 67 39 69 38 / 20 10 30 20 0 0
LEWISTON 88 57 74 50 76 48 / 20 20 30 10 0 0
COLVILLE 86 45 67 36 74 40 / 10 10 30 20 10 0
SANDPOINT 83 50 66 40 69 42 / 20 10 40 20 10 0
KELLOGG 84 50 66 43 70 42 / 20 20 40 20 10 10
MOSES LAKE 82 51 73 45 77 48 / 0 10 10 10 0 0
WENATCHEE 78 55 73 50 77 53 / 0 10 20 20 0 0
OMAK 84 51 72 44 78 46 / 0 10 20 20 0 0
&&
.OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ID...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 11 PM TUESDAY FOR IDAHO PALOUSE...CENTRAL
PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS...LEWISTON AREA...LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ
PERCE COUNTIES.
RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 8 PM TUESDAY FOR NORTHERN PANHANDLE...COEUR
DALENE AREA.
WA...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 8 PM TUESDAY FOR SPOKANE AREA...NORTHEAST
MOUNTAINS.
&&HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1047 AM PDT TUE AUG 29 2006 IDZ003-004-026-027-301800- IDAHO PALOUSE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-LEWISTON AREA- LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSCOW...ST. MARIES...KELLOGG... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...LEWISTON...KAMIAH... CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER 1047 AM PDT TUE AUG 29 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO AND NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO. THE FOLLOWING WATCHES WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. PLEASE SEE THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS FOR MORE INFORMATION. SEARFWOTX /WWUS86 KOTX/ .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH BEHIND A COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON. WIND GUSTS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING WILL LOCALLY EXCEED 30 MPH. IN ADDITION TO THE GUSTY WINDS...RELATIVE HUMIDITY READINGS BETWEEN 20 TO 25 PERCENT DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING LEADING TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. IDZ001-002-WAZ036-037-301800- NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR DALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...SPOKANE... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 1047 AM PDT TUE AUG 29 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO AND NORTHEAST WASHINGTON. THE FOLLOWING WATCHES WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. PLEASE SEE THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS FOR MORE INFORMATION. SEARFWOTX /WWUS86 KOTX/ .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH BEHIND A COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON. WIND GUSTS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING WILL LOCALLY EXCEED 35 MPH. IN ADDITION TO THE GUSTY WINDS...RELATIVE HUMIDITY READINGS BETWEEN 20 TO 25 PERCENT DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. WAZ031>035-038-041>044-301800- NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE-MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANATONE...PEOLA...CLARKSTON...PULLMAN... MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE... COULEE DAM...ODESSA...ELECTRIC CITY...WILBUR...GRAND COULEE... COULEE CITY...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WENATCHEE...LEAVENWORTH... MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 1047 AM PDT TUE AUG 29 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL WASHINGTON...EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
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