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UPPER AIR REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
1026 AM PDT SUN JUL 6 2008
WAZ019-040-071900-
SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADES-SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADE FOOTHILLS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLDWATER RIDGE VISITORS CENTER...
MOUNT ST. HELENS...TOUTLE...ARIEL...COUGAR
1026 AM PDT SUN JUL 6 2008
..WIND FORECAST FOR MOUNT ST HELENS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES
SYNOPSIS
HIGHER PRESSURE WILL BEGIN BUILDING IN OVER SOUTHWEST
WASHINGTON TODAY...THEN STRENGTHEN MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY FOR
WARMER AND DRY WEATHER. A WEAK SYSTEM PASSING BY TO THE NORTH WILL
LIKELY INCREASE THE ONSHORE FLOW LATE IN THE WEEK.
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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 07/06/08
200 FT 305006 (MPH)
500 FT 335008 (MPH)
1000 FT 360012 (MPH)
2000 FT 020013 (MPH)
2600 FT 010008 (MPH)
3000 FT 015007 (MPH)
4000 FT 000000 (MPH)
4900 FT 225006 (MPH)
6000 FT 290014 (MPH)
7000 FT 290016 (MPH)
8000 FT 300016 (MPH)
9000 FT 300016 (MPH)
10000 FT 305025 (MPH)
10100 FT 305023 (MPH)
11000 FT 285021 (MPH)
12000 FT 300020 (MPH)
14000 FT 295022 (MPH)
15000 FT 280020 (MPH)
16000 FT 290018 (MPH)
17000 FT 275017 (MPH)
18000 FT 295020 (MPH)
18800 FT 285021 (MPH)
20000 FT 290023 (MPH)
22000 FT 280022 (MPH)
24300 FT 280032 (MPH)
25000 FT 280032 (MPH)
27000 FT 280041 (MPH)
29000 FT 300047 (MPH)
30000 FT 320062 (MPH)
31000 FT 320077 (MPH)
33000 FT 325094 (MPH)
35100 FT 325090 (MPH)
39800 FT 315089 (MPH)
42000 FT 305097 (MPH)
44000 FT 315091 (MPH)
45700 FT 305069 (MPH)
48000 FT 305041 (MPH)
50000 FT 290037 (MPH)
54100 FT 285029 (MPH)
FORECAST WIND FOR MOUNT ST HELENS
ELEV. 07/06 0500PDT 07/06 1700PDT 07/07 0500PDT 07/07 1700PDT
3000 342013 315014 177015 326015
6000 267015 334015 340014 348016
9000 282021 295014 309014 338011
12000 286028 283020 295021 311015
15000 283030 284028 289030 297015
18000 278031 284033 284034 299019
21000 281033 286038 287037 300021
24000 282042 283034 291039 297032
27000 285050 286036 289042 297037
30000 304061 291041 288048 293045
33000 314085 294047 290056 294054
36000 315096 297058 290060 294062
39000 310094 303076 285058 287065
42000 307082 305080 278055 284061
45000 304070 306080 271051 281055
48000 294053 304062 271044 273047
51000 285036 301042 274037 264039
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