Lightning sparked a 500 acre brush fire on the cliffs above the town of Palisades along Highway 28 near Crescent Bar.
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Lightning sparked a 500 acre brush fire on the cliffs above the town of Palisades along Highway 28 near Crescent Bar.
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 Jun 16, 4:03 AM PST, 8 hours 57 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 503 AM PDT FRI JUN 16 2006 .SYNOPSIS...A FAST MOVING WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TODAY. A BREAK WILL OCCUR ON SATURDAY BEFORE ANOTHER SYSTEM APPROACHES THE AREA ON SUNDAY. && .DISCUSSION... TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY...A PRIMARILY ZONAL WEST TO EAST FLOW WILL REMAIN OVER THE INLAND NW THROUGH SUNDAY. A FAST MOVING SHORT WAVE EMBEDDED WITHIN THE FLOW WILL REACH THE CASCADES LATE MORNING/EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN REACHING EASTERN WA AND NORTHERN IDAHO LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING. A STRONG 110 KNOT UPPER LEVEL JET WILL FOLLOW IMMEDIATELY BEHIND THE SHORT WAVE...WITH ALSO STRONG WESTERLY FLOW FROM THE SURFACE UP TO 850MB WHICH WILL RESULT IN DOWNSLOPING WINDS OFF THE CASCADES. THUS...MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL BE CONFINED MAINLY TO NEAR THE CASCADE CREST...AS WELL AS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF NE WASHINGTON AND IDAHO WHERE UPSLOPE FLOW WILL OCCUR. WITH FAST MOVING NATURE OF THE SHORT WAVE PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW A TENTH OF AN INCH. MEANWHILE...COLD AIR ADVECTION THIS EVENING WILL LEAD TO SUBSIDENCE RESULTING IN MIXING OF HIGHER WINDS SPEEDS ALOFT TO THE SURFACE LEADING TO AREAS OF BREEZY CONDITIONS. DRIER AND STABLE CONDITIONS WILL BE THE RULE ON SATURDAY BEFORE AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH APPROACHES THE AREA ON SUNDAY. THE MAIN BRUNT OF THE ENERGY WILL STAY TO THE NORTH ACROSS BRITISH COLUMBIA...BUT GFS MODEL HINTS AT POSSIBLE ISOLATED MOUNTAIN THUNDERSTORMS DUE TO INSTABILITY AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM ON SUNDAY. INHERITED FORECAST HANDLED THIS WELL WITH ONLY MINOR TWEAKS TO THE FORECAST. /JW SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...SOME MINOR DIFFERENCES IN TIMING BUT OTHERWISE THE EXTENDED MODELS IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD. AFTER THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH EXITS THE REGION SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY THE FLOW BECOMES PREDOMINATELY ZONAL. AS SUCH EXPECT ISOLATED AFTERNOON SHOWERS ACROSS THE UP-SLOPING AREAS OF THE NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND IDAHO PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS AND MAINLY DRY AT THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN AT OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE SEASONAL NORMALS. /TOBIN && .AVIATION...MAINLY VFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES EXPECTED THROUGH 12Z SATURDAY...EXCEPT FOR LINGERING MOUNTAIN OBSCURATIONS ALONG THE BITTERROOT CREST OVER IDAHO. A WEAK FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL BRING ISOLATED SHOWERS AFTER 18Z TO THE COLUMBIA BASIN THROUGH 00Z SATURDAY...AND SCATTERED SHOWERS TO THE AREAS NORTH AND EAST OF THE BASIN THROUGH 06Z SATURDAY. A REMOTE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIST FROM 20Z TO 03Z OVER THE NORTHEASTERN MOUNTAINS. TOBIN && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SPOKANE 71 47 72 46 77 49 / 20 20 0 0 10 10 COEUR DALENE 70 46 71 44 76 47 / 30 20 0 0 10 10 PULLMAN 71 45 69 44 74 48 / 20 30 0 0 10 10 LEWISTON 78 53 78 51 82 54 / 10 20 0 0 10 10 COLVILLE 70 43 73 45 78 46 / 30 10 0 0 10 20 SANDPOINT 69 45 69 43 74 47 / 40 40 0 0 10 20 KELLOGG 68 44 72 49 79 49 / 40 50 0 0 10 10 MOSES LAKE 77 49 78 49 81 52 / 10 0 0 0 0 0 WENATCHEE 73 52 78 54 79 54 / 10 0 0 0 0 10 OMAK 73 47 77 47 81 51 / 10 10 0 0 10 10 && .OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ID...NONE. WA...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1212 PM PDT FRI JUN 16 2006 IDZ002>004-026-027-WAZ031>038-041>044-171915- COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE-MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- SPOKANE AREA-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... MOSCOW...ST. MARIES...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...LEWISTON...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... ANATONE...PEOLA...CLARKSTON...PULLMAN...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...COULEE DAM...ODESSA... ELECTRIC CITY...WILBUR...GRAND COULEE...COULEE CITY...SPOKANE... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS... REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WENATCHEE...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP... WINTHROP...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 1212 PM PDT FRI JUN 16 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO...NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO...CENTRAL WASHINGTON...EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. IDZ001-171915- NORTHERN PANHANDLE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER 1212 PM PDT FRI JUN 16 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT RAINS OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS HAVE LED TO RENEWED RISES ON THE KOOTENAI RIVER. CONSEQUENTLY...THE RIVER MAY EXCEED FLOOD STAGE AT BONNERS FERRY...POSSIBLY AS EARLY AS LATE TONIGHT. SEE THE LATEST FLOOD WATCH FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY HIGH RIVER LEVELS WILL CONTINUE THE FLOODING THREAT ALONG THE KOOTENAI RIVER THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF THE WEEKEND. SEE THE LATEST FLOOD WATCH FOR DETAILS.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
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