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SPOT FORECAST FOR PMC WEST RX...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
854 PM PDT WED APR 8 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 PDT ON APRIL 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A BRIEF BREAK BETWEEN WEATHER SYSTEMS WILL OCCUR TODAY
BEFORE ANOTHER PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO AND ACROSS THE
BURN AREA TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. DRY WEATHER WILL PREVAIL THROUGH
MUCH OF TODAY THEN THE THREAT OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL BEGIN TONIGHT AND
CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. NO EXTREMES OF WIND ARE ANTICIPATED
AND ALTHOUGH BRIEFLY DRY TODAY, FUELS WILL BECOME WET WITH A SHARP
INCREASE IN RELATIVE HUMIDITY AS THE PRECIPITATION COMMENCES TONIGHT.


.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....44 AT IGNITION...MAX 53.
MIN HUMIDITY........90 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 55 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE UNDER 3 MPH UNTIL 1000 THEN BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 3-6 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 10-15 MPH
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO AROUND 6000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 20 MPH.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SNOW.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 30-32.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 90-95 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST 3-7 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    LIGHT AND VARIABLE.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH 10-15 MPH
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO AROUND 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5 MPH.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 35.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 70-75 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE UNDER 3 MPH UNTIL 0900 PDT THEN NORTH 3-6
                    MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 4-7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO AROUND 1000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 4 MPH.


FORECASTER...DUDLEY
$$REQUESTED BY...ROBERTO MORENO
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090409.PMCWE.01/HNX