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Spot Forecast for LENA SAR...Olympic National Park
National Weather Service Seattle WA
411 PM PDT Tue May 20 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1600 PDT on May 20.
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...Widespread rain showers will continue at and around
the incident site this afternoon and evening. Expect ceilings to
remain around 4500-5500 ft this evening, though temporarily lower
as heavier showers pass through. Gusty winds can be expected
through this evening in association with showers. Rain chances
decrease overnight, but a lower cloud deck is expected to reform
early Wednesday morning through around mid-morning. Ceilings
likely lift to around 4500 feet again Wednesday afternoon.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (65-75 percent). Rain showers
                    likely and slight chance of thunderstorms.
Chance of pcpn......60 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 44.
Surface winds (mph).West winds around 10 mph.
Ceiling ............Around 5000 ft, except lower in showers.
Visibility..........6-8 miles, occasionally lower in showers.

TIME (PDT)      4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........71  65
Weather cov.....LKY CHC
Weather type....RW  RN
Tstm cov........SCH
Chc of pcpn (%).60  50
Temp............43  44
Surface wnd dir.W   W
Surface wnd spd.10  10
Surface wnd gst.20  18
Ceiling (kft)...5.7 7.4
Visibility (sm).7   7

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly to mostly cloudy (40-65 percent) Chance
                    of rain showers in the evening.
Chance of pcpn......40 percent before 2100, decreasing overnight.
Min temperature.....Around 33.
Surface winds (mph).West winds 5 to 9 mph shifting to the north
                    around 5 mph late in the evening, then becoming
                    light early in the morning.
Ceiling.............5500-7500 ft in the evening, lowering to around
                    1500 ft after 0200 Wednesday.
Visibility..........8-10 miles this evening, decreasing to 7 miles
                    early morning.

TIME (PDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........57  50  39  36  29  25  25  28  48  50  52  63
Weather cov.....CHC SCH SCH                 SCH SCH CHC SCH SCH
Weather type....RN  RN  RN                  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).40  20  20  10  10  10  10  20  20  30  20  20
Temp............43  42  41  38  36  35  35  35  34  34  34  34
Surface wnd dir.W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   NW  NW  N   N
Surface wnd spd.9   9   8   7   5   5   5   3   3   3   3   3
Surface wnd gst.17  15  14  13  9   8   8   7   7   7   7   6
Ceiling (kft)...6.5 8.2 7.9 4.6 6.9 6.7 6.0 6.1 5.9 3.8 2.4 0.9
Visibility (sm).8   10  10  10  9   10  10  10  10  9   8   7

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers early in the morning.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 46.
Surface winds (mph).Light winds becoming east 5 to 6 mph late
                    in the morning.
Ceiling.............Around 1500 ft early in the morning, increasing
                    to around 3500-4500 ft in the afternoon.
Visibility..........7 to 10 miles.

TIME (PDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........73  80  75  73  75  76  80  71  63  65  79  85
Weather cov.....SCH
Weather type....RN
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).20  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10
Temp............33  35  36  37  39  40  41  43  44  44  45  45
Surface wnd dir.N   NE  E   E   E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  E
Surface wnd spd.3   3   3   3   5   6   5   6   5   5   5   5
Surface wnd gst.6   6   7   7   9   10  10  10  9   9   10  9
Ceiling (kft)...0.8 0.8 1.3 1.9 2.5 2.8 3.4 4.0 4.6 4.1 3.2 3.4
Visibility (sm).7   7   7   7   7   8   9   9   9   9   9   8

$$
Forecaster...Cullen
Requested by...Kevin Watson
Type of request...SAR
.TAG 2514372.0/SEW
.DELDT 05/20/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL kevin_watson@nps.gov