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SPOT FORECAST FOR MPRD RX BURN...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
820 PM PDT MON MAR 23 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 PDT ON MARCH 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A DRY NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL PREVAIL OVER
THE REGION FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. EXPECT LOWER HUMIDITIES
AT THE BURN SITE TUESDAY...THEN LITTLE CHANGE. TEMPERATURES WILL
WARM SEVERAL DEGREES THROUGH MIDWEEK.


.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....53-57.
MIN HUMIDITY........22-25 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE 1-4 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    NORTH 4-8 MPH AFTER 1100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTH 6-12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 5000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 9 MPH.

.TUESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....30-34.
MAX HUMIDITY........64-69 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH 2-5 MPH IN THE EVENING...BECOMING VARIABLE
                    1-3 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTH 7-14 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING BELOW 800 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 7 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....57-61.
MIN HUMIDITY........23-27 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE 1-3 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    NORTH 4-8 MPH AFTER 1100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHWEST TO NORTH 8-16 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 5500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 9 MPH.


FORECASTER...BAGNALL
$$REQUESTED BY...JOHN ABELL
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090324.MPRDR.01/HNX