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SPOT FORECAST FOR EMMONDS SAR...NPS MT RAINER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
537 AM PDT TUE JUN 14 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 0519 PDT ON JUNE 14.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN SEATTLE.

.DISCUSSION...A WEAK UPPER RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL PASS ACROSS THE
AREA THIS MORNING AND WILL BE FOLLOWED BY AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY. THERE CONTINUES TO BE A WINDOW OF
OPPORTUNITY THIS MORNING WITH CLOUDS BELOW ABOUT 8000 FEET AND CLEAR
SKIES ABOVE. WINDS ARE WEST 15 TO 20 MPH. WINDS WILL BACK TO WEST TO
SOUTHWEST AT 30 MPH AROUND 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL INCREASE TO
50 MPH BY 6 PM.

.TODAY...CLOUDS BELOW 8000 FEET WITH DRY CONDITIONS ABOVE. TEMPERATURE
THIS MORNING BETWEEN 10000 AND 12000 FEET AROUND 32 DEGREES...FALLING
INTO THE MID 20S BY 2 PM AND TO 15-18 DEGREES BY 6 PM.

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY LOWER LEVELS. PARTLY CLOUDY ABOVE 8000 FEET.
CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION...LESS THAN 10%.
MAX TEMPERATURE...........AROUND 32 THIS MORNING.
MIN HUMIDITY..............81 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX..............3 OR VERY LOW.
RAINFALL AMOUNT...........LESS THAN 0.01 INCHES TODAY.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS.
CHANCE OF PCPN......30 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....13 AT THE SUMMIT TO 21 AT CAMP MUIR.
WIND................SHIFTING TO NORTHWEST 40-50 MPH ABOVE 10000 FEET.
MAX HUMIDITY........96 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW.
RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.12 INCHES.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS.
CHANCE OF PCPN......40 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....7 AT THE SUMMIT TO 19 AT CAMP MUIR.
WIND................NORTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH.
MIN HUMIDITY........84 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW.
RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.05 INCHES.

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FORECASTER...ALBRECHT
REQUESTED BY...MATT MEDFORD
TYPE OF REQUEST...SAR
.TAG 20110614.EMMON.01/SEW