FNUS76 KSEW 181524 FWSSEW SPOT FORECAST FOR TWO FLAT...USFS OLYMPIC NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 824 AM PDT TUE OCT 18 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1030 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. OFFSHORE FLOW IS PRESENT THIS MORNING AND WILL PERSIST BUT WEAKEN THIS AFTERNOON. A SWITCH TO ONSHORE FLOW IS EXPECTED DURING THE COURSE OF THIS EVENING. FORECAST FOR 20 FOOT WIND SPEED (VALLEYS AND RIDGE TOPS) ARE 10 MINUTE AVERAGES REFLECTING RAWS WINDS. .TODAY (TUESDAY)... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 63. MIN HUMIDITY........47 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........EAST-NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...HANER REQUESTED BY...DON SVETICH TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20111018.TWOFL.01/SEW