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SPOT FORECAST FOR CRYSTAL MINE...WASHINGTON DNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
1217 PM PDT MON AUG 10 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0910 PDT ON AUGUST 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN SEATTLE.

.DISCUSSION...FRONTAL SYSTEM PUSHING ONSHORE THIS MORNING WITH
RAIN EXTENDING FROM JUST EAST OF SUMAS IN THE NORTHWEST
INTERIOR...SOUTHWESTWARD TO NEAR TAHOLAH ON THE WASHINGTON COAST.
EXPECT THE FRONTAL SYSTEM TO GRADUALLY EXTEND SOUTHEASTWARD TODAY
INTO SOUTH PUGET SOUND LATER THIS AFTERNOON. A SECOND STRONGER
SYSTEM WITH IS APPROACHING WASHINGTONS OFFSHORE WATERS...ABOUT 300
MILES TO OUR WEST...AND WILL MOVE INLAND LATER TONIGHT THROUGH
TUESDAY FOR A SECOND ROUND OF HEAVIER PRECIPITATION COVERING MOST
OF WESTERN WASHINGTON.

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

.REMAINDER OF TODAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH AN INCREASING CHANCE OF RAIN
                    THIS AFTERNOON.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....54-58.
MIN HUMIDITY........78-85 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 3 TO 7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR 3100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 12 TO 14 MPH.
HIGH HAINES INDEX...2 OR VERY LOW.
LAL.................1.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH PERIODS OF LIGHT RAIN
                    OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................40 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....43-47.
MAX HUMIDITY........90-100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......WEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3100 FT AGL DECREASING TO 200 FT AGL LATE IN
                    THE EVENING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 8 TO 12 MPH.
HIGH HAINES INDEX...2 OR VERY LOW.
LAL.................1.

.TUESDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN IN THE MORNING...DECREASING
                    LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................40 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....55-58.
MIN HUMIDITY........80-90 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......WEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4400 FT AGL LATE IN
                    THE MORNING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 8 TO 12 MPH.
HIGH HAINES INDEX...2 OR VERY LOW.
LAL.................1.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.WEDNESDAY...
MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. HIGHS IN
THE LOWER 60S. FREEZING LEVEL 11000 FEET. NORTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 6
MPH.
.THURSDAY...
MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. HIGHS
AROUND 60. FREEZING LEVEL 10500 FEET. NORTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 6
MPH.
.FRIDAY...
MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S.
FREEZING LEVEL 9800 FEET. NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH.

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FORECASTER...PRANGE
REQUESTED BY...CLAIRE BARRETT
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090804.CRYST.01/SEW