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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
950 AM PST SUN OCT 30 2005

WAZ019-040-311900-
SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADES-SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADE FOOTHILLS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLDWATER RIDGE VISITORS CENTER...
MOUNT ST. HELENS...TOUTLE...ARIEL...COUGAR
950 AM PST SUN OCT 30 2005

...WIND FORECAST FOR MOUNT ST HELENS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES...

.SYNOPSIS...WINDS ALOFT HAD VEERED TO THE NORTHWEST AT HIGHER
ELEVATIONS BUT REMAINED MOSTLY FROM THE SOUTHWEST AT LOWER
ELEVATIONS THIS MORNING AS A WEAK DISTURBANCE WAS PASSING BY AND
AS AN UPPER RIDGE BUILDS AHEAD OF THE NEXT MUCH STRONGER SYSTEM.
WINDS WILL SHIFT AROUND TO THE WEST TONIGHT AND TO THE SOUTHWEST
MONDAY AS THE NEXT STRONGER SYSTEM APPROACHES AND MOVES INLAND.
THE WINDS WILL REMAIN MOSTLY FROM THE SOUTHWEST MONDAY NIGHT AND
TUESDAY AS YET ANOTHER SYSTEM MOVES ONSHORE.

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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 10/30 (12Z)
   200 FT      140003 (MPH)
   700 FT      170009 (MPH)
  1000 FT      195014 (MPH)
  2000 FT      205015 (MPH)
  2800 FT      210014 (MPH)
  3000 FT      210014 (MPH)
  4000 FT      225013 (MPH)
  5000 FT      235014 (MPH)
  5000 FT      240015 (MPH)
  6000 FT      240015 (MPH)
  7000 FT      250017 (MPH)
  8000 FT      255022 (MPH)
  9000 FT      260022 (MPH)
 10000 FT      270021 (MPH)
 10100 FT      270021 (MPH)
 12000 FT      270022 (MPH)
 13000 FT      270022 (MPH)
 14000 FT      275026 (MPH)
 16000 FT      280035 (MPH)
 18400 FT      290046 (MPH)
 19000 FT      290048 (MPH)
 20000 FT      285055 (MPH)
 21000 FT      280058 (MPH)
 23600 FT      280058 (MPH)
 25000 FT      285060 (MPH)
 27000 FT      290058 (MPH)
 29900 FT      300084 (MPH)
 30000 FT      300084 (MPH)
 32000 FT      300105 (MPH)
 33800 FT      305102 (MPH)
 35000 FT      305104 (MPH)
 38500 FT      290083 (MPH)
 44600 FT      280078 (MPH)
 50000 FT      275063 (MPH)
 53000 FT      270051 (MPH)
 53100 FT      270048 (MPH)

FORECAST WINDS FOR MOUNT ST HELENS
ELEV.   10/30 0400PST  10/30 1600PST  10/31 0400PST  10/31 1600PST
  3000         197004         188023         204050         225017
  6000         293005         208027         239071         244029
  9000         272014         212026         254069         253048
 12000         276020         222025         254083         251069
 15000         282023         250031         253086         256080
 18000         280028         271046         264088         257083
 21000         284045         281066         269095         257102
 24000         282056         287091         269098         256110
 27000         289066         287103         269101         254115
 30000         295079         292112         270101         253120
 33000         298084         293115         273104         252115
 36000         292078         291114         273112         250112
 39000         285074         290109         272121         250108
 42000         280072         293093         272111         258102
 45000         276067         293079         272099         264094
 48000         274059         286068         270080         260081
 51000         271051         279057         268060         257069


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