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SPOT FORECAST FOR UNTIED SAR...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
1119 AM PDT SUN JUL 4 2010

IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE.

.DISCUSSION...AN UPPER TROUGH WILL START TO EXIT THE REGION LATE
THIS AFTERNOON. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL START TO EXPAND
INTO THE VICIITY OF MOUNT RAINIER ON MONDAY.

.TODAY (THROUGH 800 PM PDT)...

SKY/WEATHER.........VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWED CLOUDS FILLING IN
                    ON ALL FLANKS OF MOUNT RAINIER AS OF 1100 AM PDT. THESE CLOUDS
                    WILL PERSIST FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. CLOUD TOPS ARE MOST
                    LIKELY NEAR 7000 FEET MSL WITH A LAYER OF FOG BENEATH EXTENDING
                    DOWN TO 5000 FEET MSL. CLOUDS WILL BE CAPPED BY AN INCREASINGLY
                    STABLE LAYER OF AIR NEAR 7000 FEET...SO LITTLE HOPE OF SIGNIFICANT
                    BREAKS IN CLOUDS THROUGH 800 PM PDT TODAY. A FEW SPRINKLES ARE
                    POSSIBLE BENEATH THE CLOUD LAYER.

                    ABOVE 7000 FEET MSL...JUST A FEW SCATTERED CLOUDS THROUGH 300 PM
                    PDT TODAY...THEN CLEAR SKIES THEREAFTER.

FREE AIR WINDS......
                     10000 FEET...WEST-NORTHWEST 25-30 KNOTS.
                     14000 FEET...WEST-NORTHWEST 30-40 KNOTS.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF MOISTURE BELOW 7000 FEET MSL
                    IN THE VICINITY OF THE MOUNTAIN IN THE MORNING...BUT SIGNIFICANT
                    BREAKS ARE POSSIBLE UNTIL ABOUT 1000 AM PDT. AFTER 1000 AM
                    PDT...CLOUDS BELOW 6000-7000 FT MSL SHOULD AGAIN FILL IN AROUND
                    THE MOUNTAIN. WITH THE STRENGTHENING UPPER RIDGE...CLOUD TOPS
                    SHOULD LOWER TO BETWEEN 5000 AND 6000 FT MSL AFTER 300 PM PDT WITH
                    SIGNIFICANT CLOUD BREAKS BECOMING INCREASINGLY LIKELY.

                    ABOVE 7000 FEET MSL...CLEAR SKIES ARE EXPECTED ALL DAY.

FREE AIR WINDS......
                     10000 FEET...NORTHWEST-NORTH 25-30 KNOTS.
                     14000 FEET...NORTHWEST-NORTH 30-40 KNOTS.

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FORECASTER...HANER
REQUESTED BY...KEVIN HAMMONDS
TYPE OF REQUEST...SAR
.TAG 20100704.UNTIE.01/SEW