FNUS76 KSEW 090001
FWSSEW

SPOT FORECAST FOR HEATWAVE COMPLEX...NPS OLYMPIC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
501 PM PDT SAT AUG 8 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1747 MDT ON AUGUST 08.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN SEATTLE.

.DISCUSSION...CLOUDY AND COOL ACROSS WESTERN WASHINGTON THIS
AFTERNOON WITH LOW CLOUDS BANKED ALL THE WAY TO THE CASCADE CREST.
JUST MT. RAINIER OCCASIONALLY SHOWING ON THE VISIBLE SATELLITE
IMAGES. SECOND WEAK FRONTAL SYSTEM APPROACHING COAST SO POSSIBILITY
OF SOME PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE OLYMPICS TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY
APPEARS GOOD. RAINFALL AMOUNTS APPEAR LIGHT...GENERALLY
LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS ALONG THE COAST
AND WEST SLOPES OF THE OLYMPICS. SOME SUN BREAKS AROUND SUNDAY
AFTERNOON AS FRONT CROSS THE CASCADES...THEN ANOTHER STRONGER
FRONTAL SYSTEM ARRIVES SUNDAY NIGHT AND PUSHES INLAND MONDAY WITH
POSSIBLE WETTING RAINS IN THE OLYMPICS AND NORTH CASCADES.

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

.SUNDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY IN THE MORNING WITH A CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN
                    OR DRIZZLE...BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10%.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....59-63.
MIN HUMIDITY........68-72 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......WEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH FEW GUSTS 10 TO 14 MPH AT
                    TIMES ALONG THE RIDGES.
HIGH HAINES INDEX...3 OR VERY LOW.
LAL.................1.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.MONDAY...
PERIODS OF LIGHT RAIN AT TIMES. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. HIGHS IN THE
MID TO UPPER 50S. FREEZING LEVEL 11400 FEET. WEST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH.
.TUESDAY...
CLOUDY WITH PERIODS OF LIGHT RAIN CHANGING TO SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE
UPPER 40S. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. FREEZING LEVEL 9800 FEET. WEST WINDS
8 TO 12 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY...
MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. HIGHS
IN THE UPPER 50S. FREEZING LEVEL 9900 FEET. WEST WINDS 8 TO 12 MPH.
.THURSDAY...
MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S.
FREEZING LEVEL 10800 FEET. LIGHT WIND.

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FORECASTER...PRANGE
REQUESTED BY...DAN MINDAR
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090808.HEATW.01/SEW