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SPOT FORECAST FOR MERCED PILES...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
606 PM PDT TUE MAR 10 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PDT ON MARCH 11.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL APPROACH THE COAST
TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY THEN CROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WEDNESDAY
NIGHT AND THURSDAY...BRINGING INCREASED MOISTURE. THERE WILL BE A
SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SOUTH OF THE BURN SITE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AND
A SLIGHT CHANGE IN THE STORM TRACK COULD BRING LIGHT RAINFALL TO
THE SITE. DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL PUSH INTO THE AREA ON FRIDAY.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. PATCHY FROST EARLY IN THE
                    MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....48-50 AT IGNITION...MAX 62-66.
MIN HUMIDITY........54-59 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 33-38 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST 4-7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FEET AGL AT IGNITION...RISING TO 4500 FEET
                    AGL IN THE AFTERNOON..
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 3 MPH AT IGNITION...INCREASING TO 5
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 36-40.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 95-100 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST 5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO AROUND 100 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 6 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 62-66.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 42-47 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST 6-12 MPH IN THE MORNING...DECREASING
                    TO 3-7 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 4000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 8 MPH.


FORECASTER...SANGER

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REQUESTED BY...PETER KELLY
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090311.MERCE.01/HNX