FNUS76 KSEW 191118
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SPOT FORECAST FOR JAPANESE DOCK SALVAGE...KEY PENINSULA FIRE DEPARTMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
418 AM PDT TUE MAR 19 2013

IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN SEATTLE.

.DISCUSSION...STRONG SURFACE PRESSURE FALLS OVER THE NORTHEAST
PACIFIC...ASSOCIATED WITH A FRONTAL SYSTEM...AND HIGHER PRESSURE EAST
OF THE CASCADES WILL RESULT IN STRENGTHENING OFFSHORE OR EASTERLY
FLOW TODAY. HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL PREVAIL OVER THE REGION TODAY.

THE WARM FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT FOR GALE FORCE WINDS.
EXPECT THE STRONG COLD FRONT TO SWEEP ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY MORNING.
STRONG ONSHORE FLOW WILL DEVELOP IN ITS WAKE AND SEAS WILL BUILD TO
17 TO 20 FEET. THE AIR MASS WILL ALSO DESTABILIZE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
FOR A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. IF ANY THUNDERSTORMS DO
OCCUR...THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR A LARGE QUANTITY OF SMALL
HAIL. EXPECT THE COLD UPPER LOW TO MOVE OVER THE AREA WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY WITH RAIN DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON.
                    CEILINGS WILL GRADUALLY LOWER DURING THE DAY
x09            TODAY AND ARE EXPECTED TO BE 3500 TO 4000 FEET
x09            MSL BY LATE TODAY.
CHANCE OF RAIN......90 PERCENT.
WIND................NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 KNOTS...BECOMING SOUTHEAST
                    15 TO 12 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 30 KNOTS THIS
                    AFTERNOON.
SWELL HEIGHT........WEST 4 FEET.
SWELL PERIOD........9 SECONDS.
RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.25 INCH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN...TAPERING OFF TO SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
                    A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. CEILINGS WILL
                    BE NEAR 2000 FEET BUT EXPECT OCCASIONAL
                    CEILINGS NEAR 700 FEET MSL AS WELL AS
                    VISIBILITIES OF 1-3 NM IN THE MORNING.
CHANCE OF RAIN......95 PERCENT.
WIND................SOUTHERLY 22 TO 35 KNOTS WITH GUSTS NEAR 50
                    KNOTS...BECOMING WEST 15 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS
                    NEAR 35 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON.
SWELL HEIGHT........WESTERLY...BUILDING TO 18 FEET.
SWELL PERIOD........10 SECONDS.
RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.55 INCH.

$$

FORECASTER...05
REQUESTED BY...ERIC WATERS
TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT
.TAG 20130319.JAPAN.01/SEW