FNUS76 KSEW 161748
FWSSEW

SPOT FORECAST FOR MORA SAR...NPS MT RAINER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
1048 AM PDT MON JUL 16 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 1012 PDT ON JULY 16.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN SEATTLE.

.DISCUSSION...A DEEP UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL REMAIN ALONG THE CENTRAL
OREGON COAST THROUGH TOMORROW LEAVING THE PARK UNDER A MOIST AND
UNSTABLE EASTERLY FLOW ALOFT GENERATING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND WIDELY
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING
HOURS. DUE TO THE UNSTABLE PATTERN...THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE
MOUNTAIN WILL BE IN AND OUT OF CLOUDS THROUGH TUESDAY...GENERALLY
WITH MORE CLOUDS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. LATE TONIGHT
INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS TUESDAY MAY OFFER A BREAK IN THE
CLOUDS ACROSS THE SUMMIT. THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM THREAT IS
HIGHER FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON THAN FOR THIS AFTERNOON.

 FORECAST FOR 20 FOOT WIND SPEED ARE 10  MINUTE AVERAGES REFLECTING
 RAWS WINDS.


NOTE...TEMPERATURE AND WIND CONDITIONS ARE FOR THE SUMMIT.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF A SHOWER AND AFTERNOON
                    THUNDERSTORM.
    THE SUMMIT WILL BE CAPPED INTO THE EARLY
                    AFTERNOON THEN IT SHOULD BE IN AND OUT OF
                    CLOUDS THEREAFTER.
CEILING.............GENERALLY 6500-7500 FT.
TEMPERATURE.........RISING FROM THE LOWER 20S INTO THE UPPER 20S
                    THROUGH THE DAY.
FREE AIR WIND.......SOUTHEAST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH POTENTIAL SURFACE
                    GUSTS NEAR 55 MPH.
LAL.................2.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT
                    CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
    SUMMIT IN AND OUT OF CLOUDS DEPENDING ON THE
                    CONVECTION THEN CLOUDS DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT.
CEILING.............GENERALLY NEAR 8000 FT.
TEMPERATURE.........REMAINING NEAR 30
                    THROUGH THE NIGHT.
FREE AIR WIND.......SOUTHEAST 30 MPH WITH POSSIBLE SURFACE GUSTS
                    TO 50 MPH GRADUALLY EASING TO 10 TO 20 MPH
                    THROUGH THE NIGHT.
LAL.................2.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS WITH A CHANCE OF
                    THUNDERSTORMS LATE MORNING ONWARD.
    SUMMIT LIKELY MOSTLY FREE OF CLOUDS EARLY IN THE
                    MORNING THEN CONVECTIVE CLOUDS DEVELOPING WHICH
                    WILL OBSCURE THE SUMMIT AT TIMES.
CEILING.............GENERALLY 7500-8500 FT.
TEMPERATURE.........REMAINING NEAR 32.
FREE AIR WIND.......SOUTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH.
LAL.................2.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...
MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. TEMPERATURES
GENERALLY AROUND 30. SOUTHERLY WINDS GENERALLY 10 TO 25 MPH.

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FORECASTER...CERNIGLIA
REQUESTED BY...DAN CAMICCIA
TYPE OF REQUEST...SAR
.TAG 20120716.MORAS.01/SEW