Soundings and analysis for ft_ebey     URL=http://home.comcast.net/~olneytj/ft_ebey.html
Mountain winds forecast — Dec 10, 2009 from SEW Fire Weather: Sunsight 7:52 AM PST             Sunclipse 4:14 PM PST

Western Washington
Fire weather:: zones 658-659 Area 5 —


North Cascades National park Mt Rainier National Park mt Baker/Snoqualmie National Forest Gifford Pinchot National Forest 700 AM PST Thursday Dec 10 2009

Today —
Sky/Weather: — — — mostly sunny. Chance of precip — .10% or less. Maximum temperature — ..17-27. Minimum humidity — — ..50-65 percent.
    20-foot winds — — . Valleys/lwr slopes — Northeast winds 5 to 15 miles per hour in the morning becoming light. Ridges/upr slopes — . Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Freezing level — — at the surface. Mixing height — — .100 feet agl. Transport winds — .. Northwest 5 to 15 miles per hour shifting to the Northeast in the afternoon.

Tonight —
Sky/Weather: — — — partly cloudy. Chance of precip — .10% or less. Minimum temperature — ..10-20. Maximum humidity — — ..54-69 percent.
    20-foot winds — — . Valleys/lwr slopes — South winds 5 to 10 mph. Ridges/upr slopes — . West winds 15 to 20 mph. Freezing level — — at the surface. Mixing height — — .0 feet agl. Transport winds — .. Southwest 5 to 15 mph. Thu Dec 10 13:28:01 PST 2009  Soundings from 13:00 until near sunclipse for ft_ebey. (48.2169, -122.7624) This page is updated at 27 after the hour. Be sure to refresh page for latest data before printing.
All day hour-by-hour text RUC2/MAPS soundings.   RUC2 and MAPS soundings are updated hourly.
  Woodside/Sumas/Bridal     Black Mt     Big Johnson     Stewart same as Blanchard     Ft Ebey     Skagit Valley Ebey     Tiger  
 
Winds Aloft for YVR - Vancouver     undefined means light and variable. Accessed Thursday, Dec 10, 2009 1:05PM PST
Vancouver. BC for use 3000ft 6000ft 9000ft
9AM-1PM PST at 08knots at 00knots -8°C at 13knots -8°C
1PM-10PM PST at 07knots at 07knots -7°C at 16knots -7°C
10PM-9AM PST at 09knots at 22knots -11°C at 24knots -4°C

WRF Digital wind forecast for ft_ebey for the next 24 hours starting Dec 10, 2009
The Nearest sounding to Ft Ebey is due West of Whidbey NAS and ENE from Smith Island (click here for map)
The sounding out in the middle of the straight might tell a very different story (RUC2 current sounding only) or MAPS
ft_ebey MAPS for  1PM  local
 (UTC 21 Dec 10, 2009) 
Pressure_Alt DD Dir Spd  ---Temp--- DewPt
 (ft)   (mb)       (kts)  (F)   (C)   (C)

    45 1019.0 A 104   6  34.7   1.5  -6.6
   114 1016.0 A 106   7  34.0   1.1  -7.3
   249 1011.0 A 106   7  33.3   0.7  -8.0
   452 1003.0 A 107   8  32.2   0.1  -9.1
   551 1000.0 A 106   8  31.6  -0.2  -9.4
   725  993.0 A 105   8  30.9  -0.6  -9.9
  1138  977.0 A 100   8  28.8  -1.8 -10.6
  1555  962.0 A  93   7  26.6  -3.0 -11.2

ft_ebey RUC2 for  1PM  local
 (UTC 21 Dec 10, 2009) 
Pressure_Alt DD Dir Spd  ---Temp--- DewPt
 (ft)   (mb)       (kts)  (F)   (C)   (C)

    45 1019.0 A 112   6  34.5   1.4  -5.8
   114 1016.0 A 111   6  33.8   1.0  -6.4
   249 1011.0 A 110   6  33.1   0.6  -7.0
   452 1003.0 A 111   6  32.0   0.0  -7.7
   551 1000.0 A 111   6  31.5  -0.3  -8.0
   725  993.0 A 112   7  30.7  -0.7  -8.5
  1138  977.0 A 112   6  28.6  -1.9  -9.3
  1555  962.0 A 104   5  26.4  -3.1  -9.7

ft_ebey MAPS for  2PM  local
 (UTC 22 Dec 10, 2009) 
Pressure_Alt DD Dir Spd  ---Temp--- DewPt
 (ft)   (mb)       (kts)  (F)   (C)   (C)

    45 1019.0 A  85   5  35.1   1.7  -6.3
   114 1016.0 A  84   6  34.3   1.3  -7.0
   249 1011.0 A  86   6  33.6   0.9  -7.8
   452 1003.0 A  85   6  32.5   0.3  -8.6
   538 1000.0 A  85   6  32.2   0.1  -8.8
   725  993.0 A  85   6  31.5  -0.3  -9.3
  1138  977.0 A  82   7  29.1  -1.6  -9.7
  1555  962.0 A  77   6  27.0  -2.8 -10.0

ft_ebey RUC2 for  2PM  local
 (UTC 22 Dec 10, 2009) 
Pressure_Alt DD Dir Spd  ---Temp--- DewPt
 (ft)   (mb)       (kts)  (F)   (C)   (C)

    45 1018.0 A 105   4  34.9   1.6  -5.7
   114 1015.0 A 106   5  34.2   1.2  -6.3
   249 1010.0 A 105   5  33.4   0.8  -6.8
   452 1003.0 A 107   5  32.4   0.2  -7.4
   528 1000.0 A 107   5  32.0   0.0  -7.6
   725  992.0 A 107   5  31.1  -0.5  -8.1
  1135  977.0 A 108   5  28.9  -1.7  -8.7
  1555  961.0 A  99   4  26.8  -2.9  -8.9

ft_ebey MAPS for  3PM  local
 (UTC 23 Dec 10, 2009) 
Pressure_Alt DD Dir Spd  ---Temp--- DewPt
 (ft)   (mb)       (kts)  (F)   (C)   (C)

    45 1018.0 A  66   5  35.2   1.8  -5.6
   114 1015.0 A  66   5  34.5   1.4  -6.3
   249 1010.0 A  64   6  33.8   1.0  -7.1
   452 1002.0 A  65   6  32.9   0.5  -7.8
   515 1000.0 A  65   6  32.5   0.3  -7.9
   725  992.0 A  65   6  31.6  -0.2  -8.3
  1138  976.0 A  63   6  29.5  -1.4  -8.6
  1555  961.0 A  60   6  27.1  -2.7  -8.8

ft_ebey RUC2 for  3PM  local
 (UTC 23 Dec 10, 2009) 
Pressure_Alt DD Dir Spd  ---Temp--- DewPt
 (ft)   (mb)       (kts)  (F)   (C)   (C)

    45 1018.0 A 110   4  35.2   1.8  -5.2
   114 1015.0 A 109   4  34.5   1.4  -5.9
   249 1010.0 A 110   4  33.8   1.0  -6.5
   452 1002.0 A 110   4  32.7   0.4  -7.0
   518 1000.0 A 110   4  32.4   0.2  -7.1
   725  992.0 A 112   4  31.5  -0.3  -7.6
  1138  976.0 A 113   4  29.3  -1.5  -8.1
  1555  961.0 A 109   4  27.1  -2.7  -8.5

ft_ebey MAPS for  4PM  local
 (UTC 0 Dec 11, 2009) 
Pressure_Alt DD Dir Spd  ---Temp--- DewPt
 (ft)   (mb)       (kts)  (F)   (C)   (C)

    45 1017.0 A  66   5  35.1   1.7  -4.7
   114 1014.0 A  63   5  34.7   1.5  -5.6
   249 1009.0 A  64   5  34.0   1.1  -6.3
   452 1001.0 A  64   5  32.9   0.5  -6.9
   495 1000.0 A  64   5  32.7   0.4  -7.0
   725  991.0 A  62   5  31.6  -0.2  -7.3
  1138  975.0 A  62   5  29.5  -1.4  -7.6
  1555  960.0 A  59   5  27.3  -2.6  -7.7

ft_ebey RUC2 for  4PM  local
 (UTC 0 Dec 11, 2009) 
Pressure_Alt DD Dir Spd  ---Temp--- DewPt
 (ft)   (mb)       (kts)  (F)   (C)   (C)

    45 1017.0 A  65   3  34.9   1.6  -4.1
   114 1014.0 A  66   3  34.2   1.2  -4.8
   249 1009.0 A  66   3  33.4   0.8  -5.3
   452 1001.0 A  65   3  32.5   0.3  -5.8
   495 1000.0 A  64   3  32.4   0.2  -5.9
   725  991.0 A  58   2  31.3  -0.4  -6.3
  1135  976.0 A  49   2  29.1  -1.6  -7.0
  1551  960.0 A  37   2  27.1  -2.7  -7.7
Naked soundings for ft_ebey