FNUS76 KSEW 020045
FWSSEW

SPOT FORECAST FOR RIVERVIEW...USFS GIFFORD PINCHOT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
532 PM PDT SAT AUG 1 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1716 PDT ON AUGUST 01.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN SEATTLE.

.DISCUSSION...UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE RIDGING WILL DOMINATE THE
ATMOSPHERE OVER THE RIVERVIEW FIRE THROUGH MONDAY...LEADING TO A
CONTINUATION OF ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES...DRIER THAN NORMAL
HUMIDITY AND WINDS THAT WILL MAINLY BE INFLUENCED BY DIURNAL
TERRAIN EFFECTS.

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

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0%.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 59.
MAX HUMIDITY........85 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE/DOWN VALLEY 1-4 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE.
LAL.................1.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0%.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 93.
MIN HUMIDITY........27 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WIND BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 3 TO 5 MPH BY
                    MID MORNING...BECOMING CROSS SLOPE SOUTHWEST
                    LATE IN THE DAY.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE.
LAL.................1.

.SUNDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0%.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 58.
MAX HUMIDITY........88 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE/DOWN VALLEY 1-4 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE.
LAL.................1.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0%.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 89.
MIN HUMIDITY........26 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WIND BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 3 TO 5 MPH BY
                    MID MORNING...BECOMING CROSS SLOPE SOUTHWEST
                    LATE IN THE DAY.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR MODERATE.
LAL.................1.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.TUESDAY...
PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S.
FREEZING LEVEL 15000 FEET. TERRAIN DRIVEN WINDS.
.WEDNESDAY...
MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S.
FREEZING LEVEL 14400 FEET. TERRAIN DRIVEN WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 3
TO 5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
.THURSDAY...
MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S.
FREEZING LEVEL 13200 FEET. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.

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FORECASTER...CERNIGLIA
REQUESTED BY...RICHARD RAE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090801.RIVER.01/SEW