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SPOT FORECAST FOR MINERAL BLOCK...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
425 PM PDT WED OCT 10 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1616 PDT ON OCTOBER 10.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN SEATTLE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO BREAK DOWN TOMORROW.
LIGHTER...MORE TERRAIN DRIVEN WINDS AND CONTINUED ONSHORE FLOW
WILL REMAIN OVER THE FIRE SITE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT BEFORE
WINDS START TO INCREASE SLIGHTLY AHEAD OF THE UPCOMING PATTERN
CHANGE. THE WESTERLY FLOW ALONG WITH THE BREAKING DOWN OF THE
HIGH PRESSURE WILL ALLOW FOR INCREASING RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES.
ONCE HIGH PRESSURE HAS EXITED THE AREA...A SERIES OF STORM SYSTEMS
WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT RAINS FOR THE WEEKEND AND INTO THE START OF
NEXT WEEK.

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

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0%.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 46.
MAX HUMIDITY........76 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHWEST 3 TO 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........MID-LEVEL....5 OR MODERATE.
                    HIGH-LEVEL...4 OR LOW.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0%.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 56.
MIN HUMIDITY........54 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST UP
                    TO 3 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........MID-LEVEL....5 OR MODERATE.
                    HIGH-LEVEL...4 OR LOW.

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FORECASTER...SMR
REQUESTED BY...BRIAN WOLVERT
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20121010.MINER.01/SEW