This fire of undetermined origin started 11 miles south of Clarkston, WA. It burned 399 acres and cost $50,000 to contain/suppress.
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This fire of undetermined origin started 11 miles south of Clarkston, WA. It burned 399 acres and cost $50,000 to contain/suppress.
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 30, 9:32 PM PST, 2 hours 28 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Spokane WA
1032 PM PDT TUE JUN 30 2015
.SYNOPSIS....A few mountain showers near the Canadian Border
tonight then the weather looks dry and hot into the Independence
Day weekend. Hottest days will likely be Thursday and Friday with
many valley sites topping the century mark. with breezes kicking
up as weather systems move across the strong upper level ridge.
Friday and Saturday winds are potentially looking more substantial
as a cool front tries to sag in from Canada eventually forcing
winds more from the north. It's still looking dry and warm even
into the beginning of next week.
&&
.DISCUSSION...
Forecast update to take down the Red Flag Warning for the Kittitas
Valley. Although the winds will remain breezy down the Kittitas
Valley through tonight, relative humidity has increased above
critical thresholds.
All of the thunderstorm activity this evening has remained north
of the Canadian border. However, a new cell at 8:20 PM has popped
up just northeast of Oroville across the border, so there is still
a possibility for thunderstorms across the far northern portions
of the region near the border. Communities most likely to be
impacted by a thunderstorm this evening would be Curlew, Lauier,
Northport, Metaline Falls and Porthill as storms push from west
to east across BC. /SVH
&&
.AVIATION...
06Z TAFS: An upper level disturbance will push across BC tonight.
This will spark off some thunderstorms right along and north of
the border with BC Canada. Shortwave ridging will then build in
on Wednesday with clear skies and VFR conditions continuing at all
TAF sites through 06Z Thursday. /SVH
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Spokane 67 95 66 97 68 99 / 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coeur d'Alene 63 92 61 95 62 96 / 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pullman 58 92 56 95 59 95 / 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lewiston 69 100 68 103 69 103 / 0 0 0 0 0 0
Colville 62 96 60 100 61 101 / 10 0 0 0 0 0
Sandpoint 56 91 54 94 56 96 / 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kellogg 62 92 58 95 59 96 / 0 0 0 0 0 0
Moses Lake 67 100 66 102 67 103 / 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wenatchee 71 100 73 104 73 102 / 0 0 0 0 0 0
Omak 63 98 63 101 64 102 / 0 0 0 0 0 0
&&
.OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ID...Heat Advisory from 1 PM Wednesday to 9 PM PDT Friday for
Lewiston Area.
WA...Heat Advisory from 1 PM Wednesday to 9 PM PDT Friday for Lower
Garfield and Asotin Counties-Moses Lake Area-Upper Columbia
Basin-Washington Palouse.
Heat Advisory from 1 PM Thursday to 9 PM PDT Friday for Okanogan
Valley-Wenatchee Area.
&&HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 306 PM PDT TUE JUN 30 2015 IDZ026-WAZ032>036-041-043-044-012215- LEWISTON AREA-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE-MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- SPOKANE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA-OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 306 PM PDT TUE JUN 30 2015 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of 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 is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A hot and dry airmass will build over the region Wednesday into Friday. High temperatures in the upper 90s to near 104 degrees will be common in the lowest elevations of the Central Basin, along the Columbia river through Wenatchee and into the Okanogan Valley. Friday and Saturday increasing winds from the west and north will be a concern especially for fire related issues. Stay tuned for further forecasts as these days approach. Please see our Weather Story at http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/FXC/wxstory.php?wfo=otx IDZ001>004-027-WAZ031-037-038-042-012215- NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- 306 PM PDT TUE JUN 30 2015 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North Idaho... North Central Idaho...North Central Washington...Northeast Washington and Southeast Washington. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY Friday and Saturday increasing winds from the west and north will be a concern especially for fire related issues. Stay tuned for further forecasts as these days approach. Please see our Weather Story at http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/FXC/wxstory.php?wfo=otx
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
This fire of undetermined origin started 11 miles south of Clarkston, WA. It burned 399 acres and cost $50,000 to contain/suppress.
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