FNUS76 KSEW 052231
FWSSEW

SPOT FORECAST FOR HANSEN CREEK - 3...USFS MT BAKER-SNOQUALMIE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
331 PM PDT SUN JUL 5 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1506 PDT ON JULY 05.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN SEATTLE.

..RED FLAG WARNING CONTINUES FOR WARM...DRY AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS
UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...

.DISCUSSION...AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES HAVE COOLED WITH HUMIDITIES
BEGINNING TO RISE. AS MORE MARINE AIR MOVES IN AHEAD OF THE UPPER
LEVEL TROF AND SURFACE FRONT... THE RED FLAG CONDITIONS ACROSS
WESTERN WASHINGTON WILL GRADUALLY LESSEN. WITH THE UPPER LEVEL
TROUGH AND SURFACE FRONT COMES THE THREAT OF SHOWERS OVERNIGHT
ACROSS WESTERN WASHINGTON WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE
CREST AND EAST OF THE CASCADES.

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

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........INCREASING CLOUDINESS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....NEAR 75.
MIN HUMIDITY........48-53 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 6 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR LOW.
LAL.................1.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........INCREASING CLOUDINESS WITH A CHANCE OF EVENING
                    SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE CASCADES CREST.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....44-47.
MAX HUMIDITY........82-88 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 10 TO 14 MPH
                    OVERNIGHT.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW.
LAL.................2.

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FORECASTER...PRANGE
REQUESTED BY...LINDA N  SHAFFER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090705.HANSE.02/SEW