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SPOT FORECAST FOR FALCON FIRE...MUNICIPAL AGENCY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
552 PM PDT WED AUG 7 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1743 PDT ON AUGUST 07.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN SEATTLE.

.DISCUSSION...WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND
TOMORROW UNDER HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT. THIS HIGH WILL MOVE EASTWARD
BY FRIDAY...REPLACED BY LOW PRESSURE FROM THE SOUTH. THIS LOW WILL
BRING WITH IT A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AND INTO THIS
WEEKEND. THUNDERSTORMS ON FRIDAY MAY BE INITIALLY DRY...BUT ARE
EXPECTED TO PRODUCE RAINFALL SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. WHILE STORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FIRST OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE
CASCADES...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO BE PRESENT OVER THE
LOWLANDS AND OLYMPICS THIS WEEKEND. IN ADDITION TO SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS...COOLER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED.

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

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 58.
MAX HUMIDITY........94 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHEAST WINDS 3 TO 8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4200 FT AGL DECREASING TO 800-1300 FT AGL LATE
                    IN THE EVENING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 81.
MIN HUMIDITY........53 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTH WINDS 3 TO 9 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3500-4100 FT AGL LATE
                    IN THE MORNING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW.

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FORECASTER...MICHALSKI
REQUESTED BY...JOE KUPFERLING
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130807.FALCO.01/SEW