FNUS76 KSEW 092233
FWSSEW

SPOT FORECAST FOR LANGILLE...USFS GIFFORD PINCHOT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
333 PM PDT SUN AUG 9 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1459 PDT ON AUGUST 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN SEATTLE.

.DISCUSSION...SOME SUN BREAKS AROUND SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH WEAK HIGH
PRESSURE PUSHING INLAND. NEXT FRONTAL SYSTEM APPROACHING OUR
OFFSHORE WATERS AND WILL PUSH INLAND SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY FOR NEXT
BOUGHT OF HEAVIER PRECIPITATION. THIS SYSTEM SHOULD BRING WETTING
RAINS FOR SURE TO THE COAST...OLYMPICS AND MOST OF THE CENTRAL AND
NORTHERN CASCADES MONDAY AND TUESDAY. WITH THIS STRONGER FRONTAL
SYSTEM...EXPECT GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS ALONG THE OLYMPIC AND CASCADES
RIDGES SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. SOME DISAGREEMENT OVER THE LONG
TERM MODELS FOR THE END OF THE WORKWEEK. FOR NOW WILL LEAVE IT MOSTLY
CLOUDY AND SHOWERY.

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

.MONDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH PERIODS OF LIGHT RAIN.
CWR.................40%.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....59-63.
MIN HUMIDITY........67-74 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH WITH GUSTS 12 TO 15
                    AT TIMES EXPOSED VALLEYS...SLOPES AND RIDGES.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4600 FT AGL LATE IN
                    THE MORNING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 7 TO 10 MPH.
HIGH HAINES INDEX...2 OR VERY LOW.
LAL.................1.

.MONDAY NIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. PERIODS OF RAIN OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................60%.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....48-53.
MAX HUMIDITY........90-100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS 15 TO
                    18 MPH AT TIMES EXPOSED VALLEYS...SLOPES AND
                    RIDGES
MIXING HEIGHT.......4600 FT AGL DECREASING TO 1500 FT AGL LATE IN
                    THE EVENING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 TO 14 MPH.
HIGH HAINES INDEX...3 OR VERY LOW.
LAL.................1.

.TUESDAY...
MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. HIGHS IN THE
MID 60S. FREEZING LEVEL 10800 FEET. SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 6 TO 9
MPH.
.WEDNESDAY...
MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S.
FREEZING LEVEL 11200 FEET. SOUTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 6 MPH.
.THURSDAY...
MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S.
FREEZING LEVEL 10900 FEET. NORTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 6 MPH.

$$
FORECASTER...PRANGE
REQUESTED BY...BETH GRAHAM
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090809.LANGI.01/SEW