The fire started on July 30 from unknown human cause.
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The fire started on July 30 from unknown human cause.
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 Jul 29, 6:02 AM PST, 6 hours 37 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Spokane WA 702 AM PDT Mon Jul 29 2024 .SYNOPSIS... A weather system arriving today and Tuesday will bring a chance of showers and thunderstorms to the Inland Northwest. Dry, hot, and smoky conditions are expected late in the week and could stick around for a while. && .DISCUSSION... Today through Tuesday Night: Trough is moving onshore with precipitation moving into western Washington. The precip will move east through the day, into the Cascades over the next few hours and by the afternoon into eastern Washington and the ID Panhandle. Instability parameters do not look as impressive as it was showing a few days ago, but there is still a 15-20% chance of thunder today mainly across the US/Canadian border as well as down towards the Camas Prairie. This threat continues through the night for NE Washington and the ID Panhandle. Not expecting a lot of lightning with this as the high resolution models are not showing much in the way of higher reflectivity values. However, given the recent dry conditions any lightning is concerning. On the plus side, humidity values will be on the increase today as precipitable water values increase to near 190% of average. Most locations have a 20-30% chance of showers today and tonight with higher probabilities in the mountains. The mountains is where wetting rains (a 0.10 of precip of more) have the best chance of occurring. Tuesday the best chance of precipitation will be across northeast Washington, right along the WA/ID border and the entire ID Panhandle. There is a 15-25% chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon, mainly for the ID Panhandle. Southwest to westerly winds will increase today and be generally 10-15 mph in the afternoon. There will be a couple of hours in the afternoon and evening, generally between 4 and 8 pm where there will be localized sustained speeds of 20 mph across portions of the Waterville Plateau and along the Snake River Valley of WA. Gusts will be 20 to 25 mph. Tuesday winds will be less than todays speeds. Given cloud cover and precipitation with the trough moving through, temperatures today will be cooler than Sunday, actually a couple degrees below average. Tuesday temps warm across central WA, while they cool across north ID as the trough begins to push out. Smoke and haze will continue across the region, with the smoke more confined to near and around the fires. Wednesday through Saturday: Ensembles are hinting at another four corners high developing for the period. It will bring another round of hot, dry weather to the Inland Northwest. It is not expected to last as long. Outside of the heat, there is not expected to be any impactful weather. Winds will be light with diurnal shifts. As for the temps, highs of 90 plus have a 90-100% probability starting Thursday and lasting through the weekend. Friday and Saturday are expected to be the hottest days of the period. There is 40-70% probability of triple digits starting Friday for the Basin and Okanogan Valley areas. Overnight lows will be in the 60s and low 70s. Sunday and Monday: Ensembles begin to shift the ridge to the East late Sunday into early Monday. It will begin a slight cooling trend into the region. Unfortunately, a high off the coast will keep any decent amount of moisture out the region. Highs for the region will be in the 90s. Overnight lows will continue to be in the 60s and low 70s. /JDC && .AVIATION... 12Z TAFS: VFR conditions will prevail, however smoke from local and regional wildfires may result in intermittent visibility reductions to 6SM. An exception will be MVFR conditions possibly overnight and into the morning for KLWS where nearby fires to the east may result in visibility reductions to 5SM or less. A weather system moving through today will allow for clouds to thicken and lower from west to east. Southwest winds will increase and become gusty in the afternoon with potential for very light and spotty rain showers...after 16Z for EAT/MWH and after 22/23Z for GEG/SFF/COE/PUW/LWS. FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND/OR ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: There is low confidence on how smoke will impact visibility across the Inland Northwest. ----------------------- Confidence descriptors: Low - Less than a 30 percent chance Moderate - 30 to 70 percent chance High - Greater than a 70 percent chance For additional probabilistic information for NWS Spokane airports, please refer to the Aviation Dashboard on our webpage: https:/www.weather.gov/otx/avndashboard && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Spokane 82 59 82 58 87 59 / 30 30 10 0 0 0 Coeur d'Alene 80 57 77 56 85 57 / 20 60 40 0 0 0 Pullman 80 54 76 51 83 54 / 30 70 30 0 0 0 Lewiston 90 66 85 63 93 65 / 10 70 20 0 0 0 Colville 79 47 79 47 85 49 / 40 50 30 0 0 0 Sandpoint 77 52 74 53 83 53 / 20 60 50 0 0 0 Kellogg 77 58 72 59 82 61 / 20 80 60 0 0 0 Moses Lake 82 60 86 55 90 59 / 20 20 0 0 0 0 Wenatchee 79 64 84 61 90 66 / 30 20 0 0 0 0 Omak 82 60 87 57 92 61 / 30 30 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.
The Lower Granite Fire started on July 29 by unknown human cause. It burned 14482 acres of grassland. Cost is estimated.
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