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SPOT FORECAST FOR TA 8 PRAIRIE PINE...FT LEWIS FORESTRY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
636 AM PDT MON AUG 17 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 PDT ON AUGUST 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN SEATTLE.

.DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL LINGER OFFSHORE THROUGH
TUESDAY THEN MOVE ACROSS THE REGION WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR
WARM AND DRY WEATHER THROUGH WEDNESDAY...WITH EACH DAY WARMER AND
DRIER THEN THE PREVIOUS DAY. MARINE AIR WILL BEGIN TO SPILL ACROSS
THE REGION LATER THURSDAY FOR COOLER AND MORE HUMID WEATHER. WINDS
THROUGH WEDNESDAY WILL GENERALLY BE FROM THE NORTH...STRONGEST IN
THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.

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

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0%.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 82.
 TEMP AT 1100.......AROUND 69.
MIN HUMIDITY........32 PERCENT.
 HUMIDITY AT 1100...AROUND 50%
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT BECOMING NORTH 2 TO 5 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......LIGHT NORTH INCREASING TO 6 TO 8 MPH MID
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6800 FT AGL LATE IN
                    THE MORNING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 10 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW.

.TONIGHT...

WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTH WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH EASING TO NORTHEAST
                    1 TO 3 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6800 FT AGL DECREASING TO 500 FT AGL LATE IN
                    THE EVENING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH AROUND 6 MPH.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...
CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. HIGHS 85 TO 90. FREEZING LEVEL
15600 FEET. NORTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
.THURSDAY...
MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 60. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. FREEZING
LEVEL 14700 FEET. WEST WINDS AROUND 4 MPH.
.FRIDAY...
NOT AS WARM. MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. HIGHS IN THE MID
70S. FREEZING LEVEL 13400 FEET. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 6 MPH.

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FORECASTER...CERNIGLIA
REQUESTED BY...DAN LEEPER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090817.TA8PR.01/SEW