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SPOT FORECAST FOR HUME LAKE PILE BP - CHERRY FLAT MACHINE PILES...USFS-SQF-HLRD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
808 PM PDT FRI MAR 20 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 PDT ON MARCH 21.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...DRY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL OVER THE BURN AREA
THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON THEN RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY DUSK.
SNOW WILL BE HEAVY SATURDAY NIGHT WITH LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS
ON SUNDAY. WINDS WILL BE STRONG AND GUSTY OVER RIDGES BUT VARIABLE
IN SPEED AT THE BURN SITE. DRY WEATHER WILL RETURN ON MONDAY AS THE
STORM MOVES EAST OF THE REGION.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........INCREASING CLOUDS LEADING TO RAIN AFTER 1600 PDT.                   THE AFTERNO
MAX TEMPERATURE.....50 AT IGNITION...MAX 55.
MIN HUMIDITY........55 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 50 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE/UPCANYON 2-4 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 8 MPH
                    AFTER 0900 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 10-15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO AROUND 1000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 8 MPH.

.SATURDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN...TURNING TO SNOW.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 32-34.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 100 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT IN THE EVENING BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5-12
                    MPH LATE IN THE EVENING.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 25-30 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......AROUND 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 16 MPH.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SNOW IN THE MORNING...TURNING TO SNOW SHOWERS
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 35-36.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 94 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5-12 MPH UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON
                    SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 8-11 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 8-12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 8 MPH.


FORECASTER...DUDLEY
$$REQUESTED BY...MIKE PASILLAS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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