FNUS76 KSEW 142255
FWSSEW

SPOT FORECAST FOR HOPPER...NPS OLYMPIC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
355 PM PDT SAT AUG 14 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1554 MDT ON AUGUST 14.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN SEATTLE.

...HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE SUNDAY WHILE INSTABILITY
GETS STRONGER...

.DISCUSSION...A CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER EPISODE WILL CONTINUE OVER
THE FIRE THROUGH MONDAY. EAST WIND WILL CONTINUE ON THE FIRE ON
SUNDAY...BUT SPEEDS SHOULD BE A LITTLE WEAKER THAN SATURDAY.
ANOTHER HOT AND DRY DAY IS EXPECTED...SIMILAR TO TEMPERATURE AND
HUMIDITY EXPERIENCED ON SATURDAY...WHEN SEVERAL WESTERN WASHINGTON
LOCATIONS SET RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES. THE BIGGEST STORY THROUGH
MONDAY WILL BE THE INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE. MID-LEVEL
HAINES 5 SHOULD INCREASE TO A 6 BY LATE SUNDAY...A VALUE THAT IS
TYPICALLY ASSOCIATED WITH LARGE FIRE GROWTH.

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

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
CWR.................0%.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 60.
MAX HUMIDITY........50 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 3 TO 6 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........MID-LEVEL....5 OR MODERATE.
                    HIGH-LEVEL...4 OR LOW.
LAL.................1.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0%.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 82.
MIN HUMIDITY........29 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 4 TO 6 MPH. OCCASIONALLY GOING
                    UPSLOPE IN THE AFTERNOON TO 6 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........MID-LEVEL....5 OR MODERATE.
                    HIGH-LEVEL...4 OR LOW.
LAL.................1.

.SUNDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
CWR.................0%.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 60.
MAX HUMIDITY........53 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2 TO 4 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........MID-LEVEL....6 OR HIGH.
                    HIGH-LEVEL...4 OR LOW.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...HANER
REQUESTED BY...STEPHANIE FREY
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100814.HOPPE.01/SEW