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SPOT FORECAST FOR SOUTH PILES...FWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
1106 PM PST WED MAR 4 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PST ON MARCH 05.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL STORM WILL MOVE INLAND FROM THE COAST
AND BRING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS TO THE BURN SITE THURSDAY ALONG WITH
A SLIGHT CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING
HOURS. A SOUTHWARD MOVING COLD FRONT WILL BRING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS TO THE BURN SITE FRIDAY. OTHERWISE...HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN
MODERATELY HIGH THROUGH THE PERIOD.

NOTE...WINDS WILL BE GUSTY AND ERRATIC IN THE VICINITY OF AFTERNOON
       AND EARLY EVENING THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM DURING THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....49 AT IGNITION...MAX 59-63.
MIN HUMIDITY........79 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 45 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 3-5 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST AT SIMILAR
                    SPEEDS BY 1500 PST.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO ABOUT 6500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHERLY 6 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 MPH DURING
                    THE AFTERNOON.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........SLIGHT CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM UNTIL 1900 PST.
                    OTHERWISE PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 41.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 95 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST 5-8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO LESS THAN 300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 10 MPH.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS DURING
                    THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 61.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 47 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST 2-4 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO ABOUT 4800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 7 MPH.


FORECASTER...DURFEE
$$REQUESTED BY...PETER KELLY
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090305.SOUTH.01/HNX