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SPOT FORECAST FOR ICE PILE BURN...SEQUOIA NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
915 PM PST TUE MAR 3 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PST ON MARCH 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A STORM SYSTEM WILL TREK SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE STATE
AND BRING SNOW TO THE BURN SITE WEDNESDAY. RESIDUAL SNOW SHOWERS ARE
LIKELY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS THIS STORM SYSTEM MOVES EAST OF CALIFORNIA.
HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN HIGH THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH COOLER THAN NORMAL
TEMPERATURES.


.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY WITH PERIODS OF SNOW.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....34 AT IGNITION...MAX 35.
MIN HUMIDITY........80 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 75 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST 5-8 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 15-25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH.


FORECASTER...DURFEE
$$REQUESTED BY...NICKIE WASHINGTON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090304.ICEPI.01/HNX