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FWSSEW

SPOT FORECAST FOR SOUTH POINT...USFS GIFFORD PINCHOT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
354 PM PDT WED OCT 3 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0910 PDT ON OCTOBER 03.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN SEATTLE.

.DISCUSSION...A THERMAL PRESSURE TROUGH WILL STRENGTHEN NEAR THE
COAST OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS...CAUSING EAST WIND WEST OF THE
CASCADE GAPS TO INCREASE OVER THE NEXT TWO NIGHTS. EAST WIND WILL
THEN PERSIST THROUGH AT LEAST SUNDAY MORNING. THE MOST CRITICAL
COMBINATION OF EAST WIND AND LOW HUMIDITY WILL LIKELY BE ON FRIDAY
AND SATURDAY MORNINGS. VERY POOR NIGHTTIME HUMIDITY RECOVERIES
WILL ALSO PREVAIL.

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

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0%.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 54.
MIN HUMIDITY........30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 RIDGETOP...........EAST WINDS 6 TO 9 MPH...GUSTING 15 TO 20 MPH.
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 3 TO 6 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........MID-LEVEL....5 OR MODERATE.
                    HIGH-LEVEL...4 OR LOW.
LAL.................1.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
CWR.................0%.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 34.
MAX HUMIDITY........52 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 RIDGETOP...........EAST WINDS 7 TO 11 MPH...GUSTING NEAR 15 MPH.
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2 TO 4 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........MID-LEVEL....5 OR MODERATE.
                    HIGH-LEVEL...4 OR LOW.
LAL.................1.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0%.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 54.
MIN HUMIDITY........22 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 RIDGETOP...........EAST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH...GUSTING TO 20 MPH.
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 3 TO 6 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........MID-LEVEL....5 OR MODERATE.
                    HIGH-LEVEL...4 OR LOW.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...HANER
REQUESTED BY...RUSSELL WILSTEAD
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20121003.SOUTH.01/SEW