FNUS76 KSEW 241128 FWSSEW SPOT FORECAST FOR SCHRUND SAR...NPS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 428 AM PDT SUN JUN 24 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 0404 PDT ON JUNE 24. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE. .DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LOW TO THE SOUTH WILL CONTINUE TO SEND CLOUDS AND SHOWERS NORTH INTO WESTERN WASHINGTON TODAY. HOWEVER...THIS ACTIVITY WILL BE LESS WIDESPREAD COMPARED TO THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. SHOWER ACTIVITY WILL MAINLY BE DRIVEN BY DAYTIME HEATING WITH SHOWERS BECOMING MORE NUMEROUS IN THE AFTERNOON. THE MOUNT RAINIER AREA IS SEEING A LULL IN THE SHOWER ACTIVITY EARLY THIS MORNING. THIS LULL SHOULD CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS WITH SHOWERS GRADUALLY INCREASING LATE IN THE MORNING AND IN THE AFTERNOON. THERE ARE LIKELY MULTIPLE CLOUD LAYERS THIS MORNING UP TO 10000 TO 12000 FEET WHICH SHOULD BE OBSCURING THE MOUNTAIN AT TIMES BUT THERE WILL ALSO LIKELY BE SOME BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS AT TIMES THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. THE CLOUDS WILL LIKELY THICKEN AND THE MOUNTAIN WILL BECOME MORE SOCKED IN AFTER 11 AM THIS MORNING. FORECAST FOR 20 FOOT WIND SPEED (VALLEYS AND RIDGE TOPS) ARE 10 MINUTE AVERAGES REFLECTING RAWS WINDS. FORECAST FOR EMMONS GLACIER .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN SNOW SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................80 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 26. WIND (20 FT)........ SLOPE/VALLEY.......BREEZY. SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH. FREE AIR WINDS.....SOUTH 30 TO 35 MPH. LAL.................1. RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.10 INCHES. $$ FORECASTER...SCHNEIDER REQUESTED BY...TOM PAYNE TYPE OF REQUEST...SAR .TAG 20120624.SCHRU.01/SEW