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SPOT FORECAST FOR TA-14...FORT LEWIS-MCCHORD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
927 AM PDT MON AUG 6 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0925 PDT ON AUGUST 06.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN SEATTLE.

.DISCUSSION...A WEAK DISTURBANCE PUSHING UP FROM THE SOUTH TODAY COULD
TRIGGER A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY OVER AND NEAR THE
CASCADES BUT COULD PRODUCE A LIGHT SHOWER OR TWO ELSEWHERE THIS
MORNING. BUT IN GENERAL...ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO OCCUR WILL BE
ACCOMPANIED BY VERY LITTLE OR NO RAINFALL. THIS EVENING MOST
THUNDERSTORMS WILL KEEP EAST OF THE CASCADE CREST. COOLER MARINE AIR
WILL PUSH INTO THE INTERIOR OF WESTERN WASHINGTON TODAY. ONSHORE
FLOW IN THE WEEK AHEAD WILL GIVE MORNING CLOUDS...AFTERNOON SUN...
AND SEASONAL TEMPERATURES.

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

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................LESS THAN 10%.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 81.
MIN HUMIDITY........49 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......WEST WINDS 4 TO 7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2800-3400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 6 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE.

.TONIGHT...

WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST WINDS 3 TO 6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 800 FT AGL LATE IN
                    THE EVENING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 6 MPH.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.WEDNESDAY...
MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. WEST
WINDS 3 TO 9 MPH.
.THURSDAY...
MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. NORTH
WINDS 3 TO 6 MPH.
.FRIDAY...
PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. SOUTH
WINDS 4 TO 7 MPH.

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FORECASTER...BOWER
REQUESTED BY...DAN LEEPER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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