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SPOT FORECAST FOR RAINBOW BRIDGE...NPS NORTH CASCADES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
703 PM PDT SAT JUL 31 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1906 MDT ON JULY 31.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN SEATTLE.

.DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LOW CENTER WILL EXIT WESTERN WASHINGTON
LATER TONIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE SHOWERS AND THE SLIGHT THUNDERSTORM
RISK TO REMAIN CONFINED CLOSER TO THE CASCADE CREST ON SUNDAY AND
MONDAY. OTHERWISE...STEADY ONSHORE FLOW THIS WEEK WILL MAINTAIN
THE PERSISTENT MARINE LAYER OVER THE LOWLANDS WITH THE FAMILIAR
PATTERN OF MORNING CLOUDS/AFTERNOON SUN REPEATING ITSELF MOST
EVERY DAY OF THE COMING WEEK. SLIGHT WARMING IS EXPECTED AROUND
THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK WITH COOLING ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

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

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................LESS THAN 10%.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 70.
MIN HUMIDITY........65 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 LWR SLP/VALLEY.....NORTH WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH.
LAL.................2.

.SUNDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING.
CWR.................LESS THAN 10%.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....48-58.
MAX HUMIDITY........84-90 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 LWR SLP/VALLEY.....NORTHWEST WINDS 3 TO 8 MPH.
LAL.................2.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A
                    CHANCE OF SHOWERS THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................LESS THAN 10%.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72-78.
MIN HUMIDITY........35-46 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 LWR SLP/VALLEY.....NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH.
LAL.................2.

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FORECASTER...KAM
REQUESTED BY...FBAN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100731.RAINB.02/SEW