FNUS76 KSEW 201500
FWSSEW

SPOT FORECAST FOR RANGE 88-91...FT LEWIS FORESTRY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
800 AM PDT TUE JUL 20 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 PDT ON JULY 20.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN SEATTLE.

.DISCUSSION...A WEAK UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL PERSIST OVER WESTERN
WASHINGTON TODAY...MAINTAINING THE PERSISTENT AND STUBBORN MARINE
LAYER OVER THE AREA. STRATUS BREAKOUT WILL LIKELY TAKE PLACE AN
HOUR OR SO EARLIER THAN ON MONDAY...ALLOWING AFTERNOON
TEMPERATURES TO REACH INTO THE 70S.

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

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY AT IGNITION TIME...THEN BECOMING SUNNY
                    AROUND 1300-1400 PDT.
CWR.................0%.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....65 DEGREES AT IGNITION TIME...A HIGH AROUND
                    74 LATE IN TEH AFTERNOON.
MIN HUMIDITY........48 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH-NORTHWEST WIND 3 TO 5 MPH THIS AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 4500 FT AGL THIS AFTERNOON...
                    STABLE ABOVE.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH AROUND 7 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........MID-LEVEL....5 OR MODERATE.
                    HIGH-LEVEL...4 OR LOW.

.TONIGHT...

MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 49.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH EARLY THIS EVENING...
                    BECOMING LIGHT OR NEARLY CALM AFTER SUNSET.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 200 FT AGL LATE
                    THIS EVENING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH AROUND 8 MPH.

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FORECASTER...HANER
REQUESTED BY...DAN LEEPER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100720.RANGE.01/SEW