724
UXUS86 KPQR 151714
OUAPQR
UPPER AIR REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
1011 AM PDT TUE JUL 15 2008
WAZ019-040-161900-
SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADES-SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADE FOOTHILLS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLDWATER RIDGE VISITORS CENTER...
MOUNT ST. HELENS...TOUTLE...ARIEL...COUGAR
1011 AM PDT TUE JUL 15 2008
...THIS PRODUCT WILL NO LONGER BE ISSUED AFTER JULY 15 2008. WE
WILL RESUME ISSUING THE PRODUCT IF/WHEN MOUNT ST. HELENS BECOMES
MORE ACTIVE...
..WIND FORECAST FOR MOUNT ST HELENS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES
SYNOPSIS
SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND TONIGHT
THEN TURN MORE WESTERLY WEDNESDAY. AN APPROACHING UPPER TROUGH WILL
SOLIDIFY THE MARINE AIR MASS ALONG THE COAST THIS EVENING THEN PUSH
THE MARINE AIR MASS INLAND LATE TONIGHT. UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE
ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY MORNING. ONSHORE FLOW STILL WEAK TODAY
BECOMES STRONGER ON WEDNESDAY. UPPER LOW OVER BRITISH COLUMBIA WILL
DEEPEN TROUGH OVER AREA WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. THIS WILL DEEPEN
MARINE AIR MASS AND GIVE STRONGER PUSH INLAND WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
STRONGER ONSHORE FLOW THURSDAY WILL KEEP SOLID MARINE AIR MASS ALONG
COAST WITH CLEARING SLOWER INLAND. UPPER LOW REMAINS OVER BRITISH
COLUMBIA FRIDAY AND WILL CONTINUE FAIRLY STRONG ONSHORE FLOW OVER
AREA. UPPER RIDGE STRENGTHENS OVER CALIFORNIA SATURDAY TURNING FLOW
MORE NORTHWEST. UPPER RIDGE EDGES FURTHER NORTH SUNDAY INTO EARLY
NEXT WEEK BRINGING WARMER AIR MASS.
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KEY TO DECODING THE WIND DATA... FORMAT... 168025 WHERE FIRST
THREE DIGITS ARE THE WIND DIRECTION AND THE LAST THREE DIGITS ARE
THE WIND SPEED. IN THIS EXAMPLE, WIND IS FROM 168 (SOUTH) AT
25 MPH
***** ALL WIND DATA ARE IN MILES PER HOUR *****
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SALEM OBSERVED BALLOON SOUNDING WINDS AT 500 AM PDT ON 07/15/08
200 FT 360006 (MPH)
300 FT 020008 (MPH)
1000 FT 025016 (MPH)
2000 FT 015018 (MPH)
2500 FT 015021 (MPH)
3000 FT 015016 (MPH)
4000 FT 030021 (MPH)
4900 FT 015018 (MPH)
6000 FT 350010 (MPH)
7000 FT 360008 (MPH)
8000 FT 025007 (MPH)
9000 FT 000000 (MPH)
10200 FT 255013 (MPH)
11000 FT 245017 (MPH)
12000 FT 235017 (MPH)
13000 FT 215021 (MPH)
14000 FT 220024 (MPH)
16000 FT 230037 (MPH)
18900 FT 235045 (MPH)
20000 FT 235051 (MPH)
23000 FT 250047 (MPH)
24400 FT 245054 (MPH)
25000 FT 250056 (MPH)
30000 FT 245073 (MPH)
31100 FT 245077 (MPH)
33000 FT 245075 (MPH)
35100 FT 245096 (MPH)
38000 FT 250117 (MPH)
39800 FT 250113 (MPH)
45800 FT 255071 (MPH)
50000 FT 250046 (MPH)
51000 FT 250035 (MPH)
54200 FT 250035 (MPH)
FORECAST WIND FOR MOUNT ST HELENS
ELEV. 07/15 0500PDT 07/15 1700PDT 07/16 0500PDT 07/16 1700PDT
3000 010016 333009 313006 288012
6000 338010 314012 263013 301011
9000 282015 247020 244013 290009
12000 246024 230030 235019 288015
15000 237035 230034 242028 285018
18000 238048 236042 249035 278023
21000 242052 242050 249045 270031
24000 241056 243061 247055 270032
27000 240067 245070 247064 271040
30000 240076 246079 247072 264054
33000 242085 247092 246083 262067
36000 245093 247099 246089 260076
39000 249101 245097 247090 258079
42000 250083 245081 251073 258067
45000 250063 245064 254054 258054
48000 251051 246052 250046 256045
51000 252039 248039 246038 254035
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