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SPOT FORECAST FOR ICE PILE BURN...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
1054 PM PST SUN FEB 1 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PST ON FEBRUARY 02.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE DISTRICT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY THEN THE PATTERN WILL CHANGE AS A PACIFIC LOW PRESSURE
AREA APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. RAIN WILL RETURN ON THURSDAY AND
PERSIST INTO SATURDAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERIES WILL REMAIN POOR
EACH NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY AND TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL.
WINDS WILL REMAIN LIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AND THEN INCREASE ON WEDNESDAY
AND THURSDAY AS LOW PRESSURE APPROACHES THE COAST. MUCH COOLER AND
WETTER WEATHER WILL OCCUR THURSDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....40 AT IGNITION...MAX 49-52.
MIN HUMIDITY........40 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 22-27 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT AT IGNITION...BECOMING UPSLOPE 2-5 MPH BY 1100 PST.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...EAST 6 MPH.

.MONDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 32-35.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 36-40 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE 1-3 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST 6 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 50-53.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 20-25 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....CALM IN THE MORNING BECOMING UPSLOPE 3-6 MPH BY 1000 PST.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST 10-12 MPH.

.EXTENDED...
.WEDNESDAY...CONTINUED DRY...WINDY...WARMER WITH LOWER RELATIVE HUMIDITY.
.THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...A CHANCE OF RAIN. INCREASED RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND
COOLER TEMPERATURES.
20-FOOT WINDS...
   SLOPES...UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY WINDS OF 3-7 MPH DURING THE DAY WITH
            DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY WINDS OF 2-4 MPH EACH NIGHT.
   RIDGES...SOUTHEAST 20-30 MPH WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

FORECASTER...VASQUEZ
$$REQUESTED BY...ADAM SANDERS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090202.ICEPI.01/HNX