FNUS76 KSEW 071513
FWSSEW

SPOT FORECAST FOR MARION POINT DE HOC...FORT LEWIS-MCCHORD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
813 AM PDT WED AUG 7 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1230 PDT ON AUGUST 07.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN SEATTLE.

.DISCUSSION...WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE BURN
SITE TODAY AND TOMORROW UNDER HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT. WINDS WILL BE
FROM THE SOUTHWEST FOR THE MORNING AND INTO THE
AFTERNOON...KEEPING SMOKE AWAY FROM SENSITIVE AREAS.
HOWEVER...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST BETWEEN
1400 AND 1500 THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WOULD ALLOW FOR SOME SMOKE TO
PUSH TO SOUTHEAST OF THE BURN SITE. HOWEVER...WIND SPEEDS MAY
LIMIT HOW FAR THIS SMOKE TRAVELS.

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

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY THEN BECOMING SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 85.
MIN HUMIDITY........39 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS UP TO 3 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    NORTHWEST 3 TO 5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3300-3800 FT AGL LATE
                    IN THE MORNING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 57.
MAX HUMIDITY........93 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 3 TO 8 MPH.

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FORECASTER...REEDY
REQUESTED BY...DAVE CLOUSE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130807.MARIO.01/SEW