FNUS76 KSEW 141503 FWSSEW SPOT FORECAST FOR TA-6 NORTH PINE...FT LEWIS FORESTRY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 803 AM PDT TUE SEP 14 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 14. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE. .DISCUSSION...WIDESPREAD FOG WILL GRADUALLY LIFT INTO A LOW CLOUD DECK THEN BREAK UP AND BURN OFF DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS WITH MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES THEREAFTER. MORNING SOUNDING INDICATE LIGHT WINDS THROUGH 2000 FEET THIS MORNING. AS THE INVERSION LIFTS AND BREAKS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON A LIGHT NORTHERLY FLOW WILL DEVELOP. MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES FOR TONIGHT. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE COAST LATE WED SPREADING RAIN INLAND DURING THE EVENING HOURS. FORECAST FOR 20 FOOT WIND SPEED (VALLEYS AND RIDGE TOPS) ARE 10 MINUTE AVERAGES REFLECTING RAWS WINDS. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........FOG SLOWLY LIFTING INTO A LOW CLOUD DECK THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS THEN BURNING OFF DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON. CWR.................0%. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 72. MIN HUMIDITY........58 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WIND BECOMING NORTHWEST 2 TO 4 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3900 FT AGL LATE. TRANSPORT WINDS.....LIGHT...BECOMING NORTH 3 TO 6 MPH. HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW. .TONIGHT... MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 51. MAX HUMIDITY........96 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS AROUND 3 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIXING HEIGHT.......3900 FT AGL DECREASING TO 200 FT AGL LATE IN THE EVENING. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH AROUND 6 MPH BECOMING LIGHT. .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .THURSDAY... CLOUDY WITH RAIN LIKELY. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. WEST WINDS 3 TO 4 MPH. .FRIDAY... RAIN LIKELY. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S. EAST WINDS 3 TO 5 MPH. .SATURDAY... MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH RAIN LIKELY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. WEST WINDS 3 TO 7 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...CERNIGLIA REQUESTED BY...DAN LEEPER TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100914.TA6NO.01/SEW