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FXUS66 KSEW 142230
AFDSEW
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
330 PM PDT MON JUL 14 2025
SYNOPSIS
DRY AND MUCH WARMER CONDITIONS WILL RETURN TUESDAY
THROUGH THURSDAY, WIDESPREAD MODERATE HEATRISK LEVELS EXPECTED
THROUGHOUT THE INTERIOR OF WESTERN WASHINGTON. IN ADDITION, ELEVATED
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITH POSSIBLE CRITICAL
CONDITIONS FOR SOME AREAS DURING THIS PERIOD. MORE MODERATE
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED LATE IN THE WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND.
SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/
TEMPERATURES
THIS AFTERNOON RUNNING 10 TO 15 DEGREES COOLER THAN YESTERDAY -AIDED
BY THE STRONGER ONSHORE FLOW AND MID LEVEL CLOUDS THAT HAVE SETTLED
OVER THE INTERIOR. THIS WILL TRANSLATE INTO NEAR NORMAL OVERNIGHT
TEMPERATURES WITH A FEW LINGERING CLOUDS ESPECIALLY DURING THE
EVENING.
THE COOLDOWN WILL BE SHORTLIVED AS UPPER LEVEL HEIGHTS BUILD QUICKLY
BEHIND TODAYS WEAK SYSTEM AS IT MOVES INTO THE INTERMOUNTAIN AREA
OVERNIGHT. LOW LEVEL ONSHORE FLOW ALSO WEAKENS AND BECOMES
NORTHEASTERLY AS A THERMALLY INDUCED SURFACE TROUGH WORKS NORTHWARD
ALONG THE OREGON COAST. HIRES MODELS - INCLUDING THE ENSEMBLES
CONSISTENTLY SHOW THE SURFACE TROUGH REMAINING OVER THE OREGON AND SW
WASHINGTON COAST, IF NOT SLIGHTLY INLAND. THIS WILL HELP KEEP THE LOW
LEVEL MORE NORTHERLY THAN EASTERLY FOR MUCH OF WESTERN WASHINGTON.
NONETHELESS, HIGHS IN THE INTERIOR WILL REACH THE 80S TO LOW 90S ON
TUESDAY, WITH WIDESPREAD 90S ON WEDNESDAY - LEADING TO WIDESPREAD
MODERATE HEATRISK LEVELS OVER MUCH OF THE INTERIOR. THE IMMEDIATE
COAST WILL REMAIN IN THE 60S WITH A SHARP GRADIENT TO 70S AND EVEN
80S A FEW MILES INLAND. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL ALSO REMAIN RELATIVELY
WARM ESPECIALLY TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING, WITH MANY
AREAS SHOWING 50 TO 70% PROBABILITIES OF LOWS REMAINING IN THE LOW
60S. THESE ODDS ARE HIGHER FOR THE METRO AREA FROM TACOMA TO SEATTLE
WHERE THE ODDS ARE OVER 90%. IN ADDITION, THE N/NE WINDS ALOFT WHICH
MAY BRING CANADIAN WILDFIRE SMOKE INTO WESTERN WA TUESDAY REMAINING
GENERALLY ALOFT EXCEPT FOR HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN THE NORTH CASCADES.
THE FLOW WILL TURN WESTERLY ON WEDNESDAY FOR LESS SMOKE INTRUSION
OVER THE WESTSIDE.
LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/
THE PATTERN BEGINS TO
TRANSITION THURSDAY WITH WEAKER LOW LEVEL ONSHORE FLOW BRINGING
COOLER CONDITIONS TO THE COAST THURSDAY- FRIDAY. WARMER CONDITIONS
WILL LIKELY LINGER IN THE INTERIOR, ESPECIALLY THE METRO AREA WHERE
HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN WARM AND IN THE 80S. MORE DEVELOPED
ONSHORE FLOW THIS WEEKEND LOOKS TO FINALLY BRINGS TEMPS BACK TO
NORMAL - BUT REMAINING DRY.
AVIATION
NORTHWEST TO NORTHERLY FLOW ALOFT AS AN UPPER LEVEL
RIDGE REMAINS OFFSHORE. VFR CONDITIONS AT MOST TERMINALS THIS
MORNING AS STRATUS WASN'T AS EXPANSIVE THAN INITIALLY FORECAST. BUT,
STRATUS REMAINS ALONG THE COAST AND PARTS OF THE INTERIOR AND SHOULD
LINGER UNTIL 18Z (WITH THE EXCEPTION OF KHQM). NORTHERLY SURFACE
WINDS THIS MORNING TURNING SOMEWHAT SOUTHWESTERLY THIS AFTERNOON.
WINDS WILL TURN BACK NORTHERLY TONIGHT AND LIGHTEN.
KSEA...VFR THIS MORNING AND INTO THE DAY. N WINDS THIS MORNING
AROUND 3 TO 6 KT. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY LESSEN EARLY THIS AFTERNOON
AS WINDS TURN SOUTHWESTERLY FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS. NORTHERLY WINDS
WILL RETURN AROUND 00Z BETWEEN 5 TO 10 KT.
MCMILLIAN
MARINE
HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS OFFSHORE GIVING WAY TO LIGHT
ONSHORE FLOW ACROSS THE AREA WATERS. DIURNALLY DRIVEN WESTERLY
PUSHES DOWN THE STRAIT WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS WITH
VARIOUS STRENGTHS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL CONTINUE FOR THE
COASTAL WATERS FOR ELEVATED WINDS AND STEEP SEAS. THERMAL TROUGHING
LOOKS TO BUILD ALONG THE COAST THROUGH MIDWEEK, WITH PERIODIC
INCREASES OF NORTHERLY WINDS THROUGH THE AREA WATERS.
COASTAL SEAS 8 TO 10 FEET AND WILL GENERALLY REMAIN THROUGH THE
FIRST HALF OF THE WEEK.
MCMILLIAN
FIRE WEATHER
AS HIGH PRESSURE RETURNS TO THE AREA BEGINNING
TUESDAY, EXPECT TO SEE AFTERNOON RH VALUES DIP DOWN CRITICAL
THRESHOLDS TUESDAY AFTERNOON WITH A THERMAL TROUGH BUILDING NORTH
OVER THE CASCADES. WHILE SOME UNCERTAINTY REMAINS WITH RESPECT TO
HOW FAR NORTH AND WEST THIS BUILDS, EXPECT TO SEE AT LEAST SOME
LIGHT EAST COMPONENT TO THE SURFACE WINDS NEAR THE CASCADE GAPS IN
ZONE 659 AND PORTIONS OF 657 AND 658. CONFIDENCE IS LOWER IN SEEING
MORE WIDESPREAD EASTERLY WIND, BUT THIS MAY SERVE TO FURTHER REDUCE
RHS. ADDITIONALLY, DEPENDING ON THE PLACEMENT OF THE THERMAL TROUGH,
EXPECT TO SEE A DEEPER MIXED LAYER AND INCREASED INSTABILITY OVER
THE CASCADES WITH MIXING HEIGHTS POTENTIALLY RISING INTO WEDNESDAY.
WHILE CONFIDENCE IN THE SPECIFIC TIMING OF ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER
CONCERNS IS STILL LOWER, THE MID WEEK PERIOD WILL HAVE THE WORST OF
THE FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR EXISTING INCIDENTS AND FOR THE
POTENTIAL FOR ANY NEW ONES WERE TO BEGIN. LOOKING AHEAD TO THE END
OF THE WEEK, EXPECT CONDITIONS TO MOERATE BUT REMAIN WARMER AND
DRIER THAN NORMAL. HOWEVER, FORECAST GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO EXHIBIT A
LARGE RANGE OF POTENTIAL SCENARIOS THAT LEAVE CONFIDENCE LOWER THAN
NORMAL. CULLEN/JBB
SEW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
WA...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
EVENING FOR BLACK HILLS AND SOUTHWEST INTERIOR LOWLANDS-
WEST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL CASCADES GENERALLY ABOVE 1500
FEET-WEST SLOPES OF THE NORTH CASCADES GENERALLY ABOVE 1500
FEET.
HEAT ADVISORY FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 10 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR CITY
OF SEATTLE-DOWNTOWN EVERETT / MARYSVILLE AREA-EASTERN
KITSAP COUNTY-EASTSIDE-FOOTHILLS AND VALLEYS OF CENTRAL
KING COUNTY-FOOTHILLS AND VALLEYS OF PIERCE AND SOUTHERN
KING COUNTIES-FOOTHILLS AND VALLEYS OF SNOHOMISH AND
NORTHERN KING COUNTIES-FOOTHILLS AND VALLEYS OF THURSTON
AND LEWIS COUNTIES-FOOTHILLS AND VALLEYS OF THE NORTH
CASCADES-LOWLANDS OF LEWIS AND SOUTHERN THURSTON COUNTIES-
LOWLANDS OF PIERCE AND SOUTHERN KING COUNTIES-LOWLANDS OF
WESTERN SKAGIT AND NORTHWESTERN SNOHOMISH COUNTIES-LOWLANDS
OF WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-MIDDLE CHEHALIS RIVER VALLEY-
NORTHERN HOOD CANAL-OLYMPIA AND SOUTHERN PUGET SOUND-
SHORELINE / LYNNWOOD / SOUTH EVERETT AREA-SOUTHERN HOOD
CANAL.
PZ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 5 AM PDT TUESDAY FOR COASTAL WATERS
FROM CAPE FLATTERY TO JAMES ISLAND 10 TO 60 NM-COASTAL
WATERS FROM JAMES ISLAND TO POINT GRENVILLE 10 TO 60 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM POINT GRENVILLE TO CAPE SHOALWATER 10
TO 60 NM.
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