FNUS76 KSEW 091449
FWSSEW

SPOT FORECAST FOR UPPER WEIR...FORT LEWIS-MCCHORD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
749 AM PDT THU AUG 9 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 PDT ON AUGUST 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN SEATTLE.

.DISCUSSION...THERE SHOULD BE A LOT MORE SUNSHINE TODAY THAN ON
WEDNESDAY...CAUSING THIS AFTERNOON TO BE WARMER AND DRIER. DESPITE
AN ABSENCE OF CLOUDS...A MARINE LAYER IS STILL IN PLACE...SO THE
MIXED LAYER WILL BE CAPPED BY A VERY STABLE INVERSION LAYER. LOW-
LEVEL NORTHERLY WINDS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE PUGET SOUND
LOWLANDS TODAY.

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

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY AT IGNITION TIME...THEN BECOMING
                    SUNNY DURING THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0%.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 75.
MIN HUMIDITY........49 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 4 TO 9 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2800 FT AGL  AT IGNITION TIME...PEAKING NEAR
                    3700 FT AGL THIS AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH-NORTHEAST AROUND 8 TO 11 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........MID-LEVEL....5 OR MODERATE.
                    HIGH-LEVEL...4 OR LOW.

.TONIGHT...

WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH EARLY THIS EVENING...
                    BECOMING NEARLY CALM AFTER SUNSET.
MIXING HEIGHT.......FALLING AFTER SUNSET TO LESS THAN 500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH-NORTHEAST 4 TO 7 MPH.

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FORECASTER...HANER
REQUESTED BY...DAN LEEPER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120809.UPPER.01/SEW