FNUS76 KSEW 181505
FWSSEW

SPOT FORECAST FOR TA-14 PACEMAKER...FT LEWIS FORESTRY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
805 AM PDT TUE OCT 18 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1400 PDT ON OCTOBER 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN SEATTLE.

.DISCUSSION...A STRONG UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE HAS BROUGHT
LOTS OF WARM AND DRY AIR ALOFT AND A VERY STABLE LOW-LEVEL AIR
MASS. A TEMPERATURE OF ABOUT 71 DEGREES WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR THE
MIXING HEIGHT TO REACH 2000 FEET AGL. THE UPPER RIDGE AXIS WILL
MOVE EAST TONIGHT AND START TO BREAK DOWN TONIGHT.

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

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 67.
MIN HUMIDITY........43 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 4 TO 6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......PEAKING NEAR 1700 FT AGL THIS AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH-NORTHEAST AROUND 7 TO 10 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

MIXING HEIGHT.......FALLING TO LESS THAN 100 FT AGL AROUND SUNSET.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH...BECOMING SOUTH 3 MPH
                    OVERNIGHT.

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FORECASTER...HANER
REQUESTED BY...BLAKE STANTON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20111018.TA14P.01/SEW