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Spot Forecast for Sooper Pit Pile...USFS

National Weather Service Spokane WA

526 AM PST Tue Feb 3 2026



Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 PST on February 03. 

If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather

Service.



.DISCUSSION...



A strong ridge of high pressure will promote fog transitioning to

low stratus clouds Wednesday. Little to no mixing Wednesday with 

mixing heights to 500 ft AGL. Then slight improvements with mixing

heights to 700-1000 ft AGl by Thursday and 1000-1500 ft AGL by 

Friday.



.WEDNESDAY...



Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Patchy dense fog in the morning. 

CWR.................0 percent. 

Chance of lightning.0 percent. 

Max temperature.....Around 40. 

Min humidity........93 percent. 

Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. 

Mixing height.......Near surface in the morning becoming 500 ft 

                    AGL by 1500 hours. Strong inversion forms 

                    after 1700 hours.

Transport winds.....East around 5 mph in the morning becoming 

                    light. 



$$

Forecaster...DB

Requested by...Andrew Mendiguren

Type of request...PRESCRIBED

.TAG 2601401.2/OTX

.DELDT 02/03/26

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.EMAIL Ian.MCCord@usda.gov,Andrew.mendiguren@usfs.gov