FNUS76 KSEW 042340
FWSSEW

SPOT FORECAST FOR INDIGO LAKE...USFS MT BAKER-SNOQUALMIE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
440 PM PDT TUE AUG 4 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1725 MDT ON AUGUST 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN SEATTLE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL
CONTINUE TO WEAKEN OVERNIGHT. WITH INCREASING ONSHORE FLOW TONIGHT
I WOULD EXPECT A DEEPER MARINE LAYER WEDNESDAY WITH A LATER BURN OFF
AND BY THURSDAY EVEN LESS AFTERNOON SUNSHINE...COOLER TEMPS AND HIGHER
HUMIDITIES. WITH THIS AFTERNOONS AIRMASS APPEARING FAIRLY STABLE AND
AND EVEN MORE STABLE TOMORROW...I HAVE REMOVED THE CHANCES OF
THUNDERSTORMS FOR TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY FROM THE CASCADES. AN UPPER
LEVEL TROUGH IS EXPECT TO CROSS WESTERN WASHINGTON LATE WEDNESDAY
INTO LATE THURSDAY FOR STRONGER WESTERLY FLOW AND POSSIBLE GUSTY
WINDS IN ALIGNED WEST TO EAST VALLEYS AND ALONG EXPOSED MOUNTAIN
RIDGES.

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

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................LESS THAN 10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....64-67.
MIN HUMIDITY........52-57 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......LIGHT AND VARIABLE WIND 1 TO 3 MPH BECOMING WEST 4 TO 6
                    LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
HIGH HAINES INDEX...4 OR LOW.
LAL.................1.
RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.00 INCHES.

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FORECASTER...PRANGE
REQUESTED BY...JOE BLAZEK  FBAN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090804.INDIG.01/SEW