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SPOT FORECAST FOR CAMP NELSON PILE BURN...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
556 PM PST TUE JAN 20 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 PST ON JANUARY 21.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL APPROACH THE
CALIFORNIA COAST ON WEDNESDAY AND MOVE INLAND WEDNESDAY NIGHT
AND THURSDAY...BRINGING INCREASED MOISTURE AND SOME LIGHT
PRECIPITATION TO THE BURN SITE. ANOTHER SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO
BRING SOME MOISTURE TO THE DISTRICT FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY.
TEMPERATURES WILL COOL TO NEAR NORMAL BY THE END OF THE WEEK.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY BECOMING CLOUDY WITH A
                    CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....53-56.
MIN HUMIDITY........29-34 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE 1-3 MPH BECOMING SOUTH 3-7 MPH AFTER
                    1000 PST.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH 8-16 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 4500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 5 MPH BECOMING SOUTHEAST 12 MPH AFTER
                    1000 PST.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. RAIN.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....40-43.
MAX HUMIDITY........85-90 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....EAST TO SOUTHEAST 1-4 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST 8-16 MPH GUSTING TO 25 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO AROUND 1000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 7 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....48-52.
MIN HUMIDITY........60-65 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 2-5 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 9-18 MPH GUSTING TO 25 MPH
                    IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 3000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 8 MPH.


FORECASTER...BAGNALL
$$REQUESTED BY...ROBERT SANDERS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090121.CAMPN.02/HNX