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Spot Forecast for Smaller Creek Fire...USFS
National Weather Service Spokane WA
709 PM PDT Sun Aug 23 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1900 PDT on August 23. 
.DISCUSSION...

Winds through Tuesday will be light and terrain driven. RH 
recoveries tonight will be good. A warming and drying trend 
commences Monday and Tuesday as high pressure strengthens across 
the Inland Northwest. RH recovery Monday night will be fair. Winds
Wednesday and Thursday will be breezy out of the southwest around
10-15 mph with gusts around 15-20 mph as high pressure breaks 
down. This will come with a threat of isolated thunderstorms 
Wednesday (10% chance).

If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.
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Forecasts for 20 foot wind speeds (valleys and ridge tops) are
10 minute averages reflecting RAWS wind.
***Ventilation Index is derived from transport wind
   multiplied by the mixing height divided by 100.
   Categories: low (< 200), moderate (200-500), 
   high (500-800), and very high (> 800). 
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.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear. 
CWR.................0 percent. 
Chance of lightning.0 percent. 
Min temperature.....51. 
Max humidity........75-80 percent. 
Wind (20 ft)........Downslope/downvalley winds 1-3 mph. Gusts 
                    up to 6 mph in the evening. 
Mixing height.......Near surface.
Transport winds.....Northwest 6 to 7 mph. 
Ventilation Index...Low (124). 

.MONDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny. 
CWR.................0 percent. 
Chance of lightning.0 percent. 
Max temperature.....75. 
Min humidity........28-33 percent. 
Wind (20 ft)........Upslope/upvalley winds 4-8 mph. 
Mixing height.......4500 ft AGL. 
Transport winds.....Light winds. 
Ventilation Index...Low (183). 

.MONDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy. Haze overnight. 
CWR.................0 percent. 
Chance of lightning.0 percent. 
Min temperature.....57. 
Max humidity........57-62 percent. 
Wind (20 ft)........Downslope/downvalley winds 1-3 mph.  
Mixing height.......Near surface 
Transport winds.....Light winds becoming northeast around 7 mph 
                    overnight. 
Ventilation Index...Low (136). 

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Forecaster...DB
Requested by...Sage McGinnis
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2620343.0/OTX
.DELDT 08/23/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL sagemcginnis4@gmail.com,brian.sayles@usda.gov