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SPOT FORECAST FOR SEED PLOT PINE...FT LEWIS FORESTRY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
751 AM PDT THU AUG 26 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 PDT ON AUGUST 26.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN SEATTLE.

...STRONG COLD FRONT TO BRING BREEZY CONDITIONS TODAY...

.DISCUSSION...A STRONG COLD FRONT WAS MOVING ACROSS WESTERN
WASHINGTON THIS MORNING. IN ITS WAKE THIS AFTERNOON...EXPECT
SIGNIFICANTLY COOLER AND MORE HUMID CONDITIONS THAN ON WEDNESDAY.
WINDS WILL GET STRONGER THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...HELPING TO USHER
IN THE MARKED CHANGE IN AIR MASSES. THOUGH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS IS IN THE FORECAST...MOST ACTIVITY SHOULD BE FOCUSED IN A
PUGET SOUND CONVERGENCE ZONE WELL TO THE NORTH IN KING COUNTY.

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

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON SHOWERS.
CWR.................0%.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 69.
MIN HUMIDITY........55 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 MPH AT IGNITION TIME...
                    INCREASING TO 15 MPH BY LATE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 5500 FT AGL THIS AFTERNOON.
                    BECOMING UNSTABLE ABOVE THE MIXED LAYER.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 17 MPH...BECOMING WEST 23 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........MID-LEVEL....4 OR LOW.
                    HIGH-LEVEL...2 OR VERY LOW.

.TONIGHT...

MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 50.
MAX HUMIDITY........96 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 12 MPH EARLY THIS EVENING...
                    EASING TO 5 MPH OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5700 FT AGL DECREASING TO 1200 FT AGL LATE THIS
                    EVENING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 25 MPH THIS EVENING...BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH OVERNIGHT.

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FORECASTER...HANER
REQUESTED BY...DAN LEEPER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100826.SEEDP.01/SEW