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SPOT FORECAST FOR PMC WEST RX...USFS-SOUTH OPS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
444 AM PDT MON APR 6 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 PDT ON APRIL 06.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

...THIS IS AN UPDATE TO THE PREVIOUSLY ISSUED SPOT FORECAST...

.DISCUSSION...UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES AND GUSTY SOUTHEAST
WINDS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES IN THE
VICINITY OF THE BURN AREA TODAY. OFFSHORE FLOW WILL DECREASE ON
TUESDAY AS A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES THE CALIFORNIA COAST.
THE STORM WILL BRING COOLER TEMPERATURES AND WILL SPREAD
PRECIPITATION CHANCES ACROSS THE REGION TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AS IT SWINGS INLAND...ALONG WITH A CHANCE FOR A FEW THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AND SIERRA NEVADA. GUSTY WEST TO
SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO DEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS
WITH THE PASSING SYSTEM. AFTER A BRIEF BREAK...ANOTHER DEVELOPING
SYSTEM COULD RETURN UNSETTLED CONDITIONS TO THE DISTRICT THURSDAY
NIGHT AND FRIDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....55 AT IGNITION...MAX 62.
MIN HUMIDITY........13 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 8-10 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....BREEZY. EAST 10 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING
                    SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST 15-20 MPH AROUND MIDDAY.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...EAST TO SOUTHEAST 15-20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH AT TIMES.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 6000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 25 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 31.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 50 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 8-10 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST 20-30 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO AROUND 500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 50.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 24 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WINDY. SOUTHEAST 10-12 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING
                    BECOMING SOUTH 10-15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH 15-20 WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 4000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 20 MPH.


FORECASTER...BROTHERTON
$$REQUESTED BY...JOHN ABELL
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090406.PMCWE.01/HNX