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SPOT FORECAST FOR MARION PRAIRIE...FT LEWIS FORESTRY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
733 AM PDT THU AUG 4 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 PDT ON AUGUST 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN SEATTLE.

.DISCUSSION...MARINE CLOUDS MADE IT AS FAR INLAND AS SHELTON THIS
MORNING BUT ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH THE BURN SITE. THEREFORE...A
SUNNY DAY CAN BE EXPECTED WITH SEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES. THE
MARINE PUSH WILL FINALLY REACH THE BURN SITE LATE THIS
EVENING...CAUSING A SHIFT IN WIND DIRECTION FROM A MORE
SOUTHWESTERLY DIRECTION AT THAT TIME...ALTHOUGH SPEEDS WILL BE
FAIRLY LIGHT.

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

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0%.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 79.
MIN HUMIDITY........44 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH-NORTHWEST WINDS 3 TO 7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 4900 FT AGL DURING THE AFTERNOON.
                    VERY STABLE ABOVE THE MIXED LAYER.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH AT 5 TO 8 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........MID-LEVEL....4 OR LOW.
                    HIGH-LEVEL...4 OR LOW.
LAL.................1.

.TONIGHT...

MIXING HEIGHT.......4900 FT AGL DECREASING TO LESS THAN 400 FT AGL
                    LATE THIS EVENING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH-NORTHEAST 5 TO 8 MPH THIS EVENING...
                    BECOMING SOUTHWEST 3 TO 5 MPH LATE THIS
                    EVENING.

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FORECASTER...HANER
REQUESTED BY...RYAN MANSFIELD
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110804.MARIO.01/SEW