FNUS76 KSEW 201102 FWSSEW SPOT FORECAST FOR JAPANESE DOCK SALVAGE...KEY PENINSULA FIRE DEPARTMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 402 AM PDT WED MAR 20 2013 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM PDT THURSDAY... IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE. .DISCUSSION...A STRONG FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA WITH WESTERLY WIND 35 TO 45 KTS ABOVE THE SURFACE TODAY. LARGE WAVES WILL IMPACT THE COAST THIS AFTERNOON AND THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOW PRESSURE ALOFT WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION THURSDAY FOR NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. WAVES WILL SUBSIDE BUT THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN IN THE MORNING...THEN SHOWERS AND CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. x09x09 CEILINGS BELOW 500 FEET MSL LIFTING TO NEAR 4000 FEET IN THE AFTERNOON. VISIBILITY OCCASIONALLY BELOW 1 NM THIS MORNING AND 3 TO 5 NM IN SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF RAIN......90%. WIND................WINDY. SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 35 KTS. GUSTS UP TO 45 KTS IN THE MORNING. SWELL HEIGHT........WEST SWELL BUILDING TO 17 FEET. SWELL PERIOD........10 SECONDS. RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.59 INCHES. .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SHOWERS. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CEILINGS MAINLY NEAR 5000 FEET OCCASIONALLY NEAR 2500 FEET MSL. CHANCE OF RAIN......90%. WIND................WEST WINDS 10 TO 20 KTS. SWELL HEIGHT........WEST SWELL 10 TO 14 FEET. SWELL PERIOD........10 SECONDS. RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.21 INCHES. $$ FORECASTER...13 REQUESTED BY...ERIC WATERS TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20130320.JAPAN.01/SEW