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SPOT FORECAST FOR GOLD HILL...WASHINGTON DNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
1123 AM PDT THU JUL 30 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1053 PDT ON JULY 30.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN SEATTLE.

.DISCUSSION...COOLER AND MORE HUMID MARINE AIR WILL TRY TO REACH
THE FIRE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS TONIGHT. UNTIL THEN...
THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE WILL REMAIN VERY HOT...DRY AND UNSTABLE TODAY
WITH AN INTENSE BURNING ENVIRONMENT. ON FRIDAY...A COOLING AND
MOISTENING TREND WILL TAKE PLACE...THOUGH TEMPERATURES WILL STILL
REMAIN ABOVE SEASONAL NORMS. WINDS AT THE ELEVATION OF THE FIRE WILL
BE DOMINATED ENTIRELY BY DIURNAL TERRAIN INFLUENCES.

AS FOR THUNDERSTORMS...THE THUNDERSTORM WHICH FORMED TO YOUR
NORTHWEST AROUND 0900 HAS DISSIPATED AND SHOULD NO LONGER BE A
CONCERN. MORE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON
BUT WILL FAVOR LOCATIONS TO YOUR EAST WHICH ARE CLOSER TO THE
CREST. WITH THE ADDED STABILITY OF THE MARINE INFLUENCE
TOMORROW...NO THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ON FRIDAY.

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

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF ADDITIONAL SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON.
CWR.................LESS THAN 10%.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 96.
MIN HUMIDITY........27 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWESTERLY UPSLOPE 4 MPH...BECOMING
                    NORTHWESTERLY UPVALLEY 7 MPH THIS AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........HIGH-LEVEL...4 OR LOW.
                    MID-LEVEL....5 OR MODERATE.
LAL.................2.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY EARLY THIS EVENING WITH A
                    CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. BECOMING
                    CLEAR OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................LESS THAN 10%.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 62.
MAX HUMIDITY........78 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST WINDS 3 TO 6 MPH...BECOMING NEARLY
                    CALM AFTER 2200 PDT.
HAINES INDEX........HIGH-LEVEL...4 OR LOW.
                    MID-LEVEL....6 OR HIGH.
LAL.................2.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0%.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 88.
MIN HUMIDITY........37 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......LIGHT WIND EARLY IN THE MORNING. SOUTHWEST
                    UPSLOPE WIND 4 MPH DEVELOPING AROUND
                    MID-MORNING...THEN BECOMING NORTHWESTERLY
                    UPVALLEY 7 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........HIGH-LEVEL...4 OR LOW.
                    MID-LEVEL....5 OR MODERATE.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...HANER
REQUESTED BY...BRANDIE BRUCH DNR DISP
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090730.GOLDH.01/SEW