The fire started on June 10 by unknown cause.
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The fire started on June 10 by unknown 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 Jun 10, 4:01 AM PST, 5 hours 57 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Spokane WA 501 AM PDT Mon Jun 10 2024 .SYNOPSIS... Monday will see generally dry conditions along with continued warm daytime temperatures. Limited shower chances will develop Tuesday, along with gusty westerly winds. After temperatures drop to near normal Wednesday, warming briefly returns for Thursday. A pattern shift late in the week will lead to cooler temperatures, another round of gusty winds, and shower chances for Friday into the weekend. && .DISCUSSION... Through Tuesday night: A weak ridge will lead to warm and generally dry conditions today across the Inland Northwest. A weak disturbance will arrive for Tuesday, and while any precip chances will be somewhat limited (mainly confined to our northern mountains), the main concern will be with the accompanying gusty westerly winds. Wind gusts of 30 to 45 mph are anticipated across much of the area, most favored across the Cascade gaps, Waterville Plateau, Columbia Basin, Palouse, and around Spokane. Certainly something to monitor relating to fire weather risks. /KD Wednesday: Tuesday's cold front will be well east of our region by Wed morning...in the Dakotas. Surface pressure gradients won't be as strong as Tuesday, but will still support west winds of 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph in the afternoon. The air mass behind the front will be very dry. Afternoon relative humidity will likely range from 10 to 15 percent in central Washington to 20 to 25 percent in the lowlands of north Idaho and eastern Washington. The combination of warm, dry, and breezy conditions will raise wildfire concerns for areas with dry fine fuels. Thursday: The Inland Northwest will get a break from the wind on Thu as a shortwave ridge migrates across the region. Winds of 5 to 15 mph will be common through the day. Our dry air mass will support a large diurnal swing in temperatures. Morning lows will be cooler than average with the majority of north Idaho and eastern Washington experiencing readings in the 40s. Abundant sunshine and warming under the upper ridge will push afternoon highs into the upper 70s in north Idaho to the low to mid 80s in central and eastern Washington. Friday: There is descent agreement that another cold front will arrive Friday, but there are differences between the ensembles with the timing. In general, the ECMWF ensembles move the front through the Pacific Northwest faster with a flatter jet along the Canadian border. Over half of the ECMWF ensembles produce sustained west winds of 20 mph or more for central and eastern Washington. Generally speaking the GFS and Canadian ensembles are slower and dig the upper trough along the coast Friday. With the upper jet closer to the Washington/Oregon border, only 15 percent of the North American ensembles forecast sustained west winds of 20 mph or more. So, if the ECMWF ensemble suite verifies, Friday has the potential to be as windy as Tuesday (gusts 35 to 45 mph) producing similar impacts...elevated grass fire potential and isolated power outages. If the GFS/Canadian ensemble suite pans out, gusts of 25 to 35 mph will be pretty typical for an early June frontal passage. Saturday, Sunday, and Monday: The depth of our incoming trough will continue to have ramifications on the weekend forecast. Confidence is relatively high that temperatures will be at or below average this weekend with a good push of onshore flow. The National Blend of Models averages the differences between ensemble members, so it generates two or three days of 20 to 40 percent chances of showers mainly over the mountainous terrain. This middle of the road forecast will likely change once the models latch onto a consolidated timing and track. So we may see a period over the weekend or Monday with significantly higher precipitation chances over a broader area. Fingers crossed...it would be good to get another shot of significant precipitation in mid June before turning the corner toward summer. /GKoch && .AVIATION... 12Z TAFS: A few showers/thunderstorms may continue thru the morning across northern ID, but otherwise, dry conditions are expected through the 24hr TAF period. The Basin can expect West winds to reach into the upper teens. FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND/OR ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: Low confidence for local stratus formation this morning. /KD ----------------------- 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 79 55 83 47 73 46 / 0 0 0 0 0 0 Coeur d'Alene 76 53 79 46 72 45 / 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pullman 74 51 78 45 70 44 / 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lewiston 86 58 89 54 81 51 / 0 0 0 0 0 0 Colville 80 48 80 40 74 41 / 0 0 10 0 0 0 Sandpoint 76 51 78 45 70 42 / 10 0 10 0 0 0 Kellogg 73 55 76 49 68 48 / 0 0 0 0 0 0 Moses Lake 87 55 88 47 80 46 / 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wenatchee 85 60 81 51 76 50 / 0 0 0 0 0 0 Omak 86 55 84 46 80 48 / 0 0 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 fire started June 10 by unknown cause. It was contained on June 12. It burned 693 acres of grassland. Cost is estimated.
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