FNUS76 KPQR 161659
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SPOT FORECAST FOR MT ST HELENS...SKAMANIA COUNTY SAR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
859 AM PST TUE FEB 16 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 0810 PST ON FEBRUARY 16.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVING ACROSS THIS MORNING WILL
BRING CLOUDS AND OCCASIONAL SNOW SHOWERS OBSCURING THE RIM THIS
MORNING. SHOWERS WILL END IN THE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING WITH
IMPROVING VISIBILITIES.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........THIS MORNING...CLOUDS OBSCURING THE RIM.
                    OCCASIONAL SNOW SHOWERS REDUCING VISIBILITIES
                    BELOW 1 MILE.

                    THIS AFTERNOON...CLOUDS BREAKING UP WITH SKIES
                    BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS
                    WILL BRIEFLY BRING VISIBILITIES DOWN AS LOW AS
                    2 MILES AT TIMES.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 36.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WIND 20 TO 25 MPH THIS MORNING WITH
                    GUSTS TO 40 MPH. WINDS BECOMING WEST AND
                    DECREASING TO 15 TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

TIME (PST)         8 AM    10 AM   NOON    2 PM    4 PM    6 PM
CLOUD COVER(%)...  100     100     90      80      60      50
TEMP.............  27      27      31      34      35      33
20 FT WIND (MPH).  SW 23   SW 23   W 20    W 18    W 15    NW13
   MAX GUST......  40      40      35      35      25      22


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY WITH PATCHY FOG FORMING BELOW THE RIM.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 25.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE EVENING...BECOMING
                    LIGHT DOWN SLOPE WINDS OVERNIGHT.


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FORECASTER...DELSON/RUTHFORD
REQUESTED BY...SGT GOHSER
REASON FOR REQUEST...SAR
.TAG 20100216.MTSTH.01/PQR