FNUS76 KOTX 021556 FWSOTX Spot Forecast for Sooper Pit Pile...USFS National Weather Service Spokane WA 756 AM PST Mon Feb 2 2026 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 PST on February 02. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION... A weather system will move over the burn project with light rain today. Rain does look to let up in the afternoon between 1400 to 1600 PST and mixing improves slightly. By Tuesday, a strong ridge of high pressure begins to build in and this will promote fog transitioning to low stratus clouds Thursday into Friday. Little to no mixing Tuesday and Wednesday with fog. Then slight improvements with mixing heights to 500-1000 ft AGl by Thursday and 1000-1500 ft AGL by Friday, but confidence is low. .TODAY... Sky/weather.........Cloudy. Patchy fog early in the morning. Rain through the day. Total rainfall of between 0.15 and 0.25 inches expected through this evening. CWR.................75 percent. Chance of lightning.0 percent. Max temperature.....38. Min humidity........95 percent. Wind (20 ft)........East-Southeast winds up to 2 mph in the morning switching northwest after 1200 PST. Mixing height.......up to 300 ft AGL in the morning increasing to around 1000 ft AGL between 1300 and 1600 PST in the afternoon. Strong surface inversion in the morning and weakening slightly after 1200 PST. Transport winds.....Southeast up to 2 mph in the morning becoming northwest 3 to 5 mph after 1200 PST. .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Cloudy. A 30% chance of rain in the evening. An additional 0.01 to 0.03 inches expected. Patchy fog overnight. CWR.................10 percent. Chance of lightning.0 percent. Min temperature.....34. Max humidity........100 percent. Wind (20 ft)........West-Northwest winds up to 2 mph. Mixing height.......Inversion strengthening after 1800 PST with mixing heights lowering through 2000 PST. Mixing heights starting out around 1000 ft AGL in the evening and decreasing to near surface after 2000 PST. Transport winds.....Northwest 3 to 5 mph becoming west-northwest 1 to 3 mph after 1900 PST. .TUESDAY... Sky/weather.........Cloudy. Areas of fog through the day. CWR.................0 percent. Chance of lightning.0 percent. Max temperature.....36. Min humidity........98 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Mixing height.......Near surface in the morning increasing to around 500 ft AGL. Strong inversion through the day with poor ventilation. Transport winds.....West-Northwest 1 to 3 mph. $$ Forecaster...SVH Requested by...Andrew Mendiguren Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2601401.1/OTX .DELDT 02/02/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL Andrew.mendiguren@usfs.gov,Ian.MCCord@usda.gov