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FWSSEW

SPOT FORECAST FOR CAPITOL FOREST...THURSTON COUNTY FIRE DISTRICT #1
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
638 PM PDT FRI JUL 3 2009

IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN SEATTLE.

.DISCUSSION...VERY WARM AND DRY WEATHER TO CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND.
THE WARM AND DRY AIR MASS OVER WESTERN WASHINGTON SHOW LITTLE SIGNS OF
BREAKING DOWN EXCEPT FOR THE COAST AND THROUGH THE CHEHALIS GAP. SOME
COASTAL STRATUS TO SPILL INLAND LATE TONIGHT BUT SERIOUS DOUBTS IT WILL
MAKE IT MUCH FURTHER EAST THAN 20 OR 30 MILES FROM THE COAST. MODELS STILL
LOOK TO MOVE TROUGH CLOSER TO COAST EARLY SUNDAY AND INLAND OVERNIGHT.
SO THUNDERSTORM THREAT FOR THE CASCADES LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING
STILL ALIVE AND WELL. THEN A COOLER AND SHOWERY NEXT WEEK AS A SERIES OF
UPPER LEVEL TROUGHS MOVE TO THE EAST.

 FORECAST FOR 20 FOOT WIND SPEED (VALLEYS AND RIDGE TOPS) ARE 10
 MINUTE AVERAGES REFLECTING RAWS WINDS.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 52.
MAX HUMIDITY........70 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WIND 12 TO 15 MPH DECREASING TO 5 MPH AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7200 FT AGL DECREASING TO 3200 FT AGL LATE IN
                    THE EVENING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH BECOMING LIGHT.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE.

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FORECASTER...ALBRECHT
REQUESTED BY...ROBERT SCOTT  FIRE CHIEF
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090703.CAPIT.01/SEW