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Spot Forecast for Pincer 2...WA DNR
National Weather Service Seattle WA
454 AM PDT Sat Aug 17 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 PDT on August 17.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

Please contact our office at (206) 526-6095, if you have questions
or concerns with this forecast.

.DISCUSSION...Conditions Saturday will be warm and dry with
increasing instability in the afternoon. Widespread
thunderstorms are expected this late evening with a disturbance,
moving south to north near the fire. The storms may produce gusty
and erratic winds, and bursts of heavy rain Saturday night into
Sunday morning. While storms are expected to move quickly, any
redeveloping storms may increase the threat for flash flooding. The
threat for thunderstorms Sunday will decrease during the day as
the disturbance departs.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly Sunny (0-20 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 82.
Min humidity........46 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds around 5 mph.
Mixing height.......7700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast around 8 mph.
Haines mid level....6 or high potential for large plume dominated
                    fire growth.
Rainfall amount.....0.00 inches.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-90 percent). Numerous showers
                    and scattered thunderstorms through the night.
CWR.................24 percent.
LAL.................3.
Min temperature.....Around 58.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 5 to 6 mph. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms.
Mixing height.......3000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East around 8 mph.
Haines mid level....6 or high potential for large plume dominated
                    fire growth.
Rainfall amount.....0.15 to 0.20 inches.

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (60-70 percent). Isolated
                    thunderstorms with scattered showers.
CWR.................19 percent.
LAL.................2.
Max temperature.....Around 66.
Min humidity........79 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 5 to 6 mph. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms in the morning.
Mixing height.......4400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West around 6 mph.
Haines mid level....3 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.
Rainfall amount.....0.07 inches.

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Forecaster...Rademacher
Requested by...Connor England
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2419521.25/SEW
.DELDT 08/17/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL Connor.England@dnr.wa.gov