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SPOT FORECAST FOR VESSEL GROUNDING...USCG
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
1135 AM PDT TUE AUG 11 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 1104 PDT ON AUGUST 11.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A WEAK FRONT WILL SLOWLY MOVE SOUTHWARD THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE LIGHT WESTERLIES AT 4 TO 7 KT
BUT WILL BACK AROUND TO THE SOUTH THIS EVENING AS THE FRONT BEGINS TO
MOVE INTO THE NEWPORT AREA. WILL ALSO HAVE A CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN
AFTER 5 TO 6 PM PDT THIS EVENING.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN LATE IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 66.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST TO SOUTHWEST 4 TO 7 KT...BECOMING SOUTH IN THE
                    EVENING.
VISIBILITY..........GREATER THAN 6 STATUTE MILES...DROPPING TO 4 STATUTE
                    MILES AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
CEILING.............PREDOMINANTLY 10000 FT MSL THROUGH THIS EVENING
                    WITH SCATTERED 900-1100 FT CLOUDS THROUGH 1 PM PDT.
                    EXPECT 1000 FT CEILINGS TO RETURN 11 PM PDT THIS
                    EVENING...WITH POSSIBLE DRIZZLE.
SWELL ..............WEST SWELL 3 FEET...INCREASING TO 4 FT THIS EVENING.
SWELL PERIOD........8 SECONDS.
WIND WAVE...........1 FEET.

TIME (PDT)      11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
CLOUD COVER(%)..84     84     84     90
WEATHER COV.....                     CHANCE
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   RAIN
TEMP............60     62     65     65
EYE LEVEL WIND..W 6    W 7    SW 7   SW 4
   MAX GUST (KT)  8    10     10
SWELL (FT)......W 3    W 3    W 3    W 4
SWELL PERIOD (S)8      8      8      8
WIND WAVE (FT)..1      1      1      1
CEILING (KFT)...10     10     10     10
VISIBILITY (MI).10     10     10     10

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FORECASTER...DALTON
REQUESTED BY...LT RUNION
REASON FOR REQUEST...HAZMAT
.TAG 20090811.VESSE.01/PQR