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SPOT FORECAST FOR VIRGINA BURN...SIERRA NF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
820 PM PDT MON MAY 18 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 PDT ON MAY 19.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A MOIST SOUTHEAST FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE TODAY.
THIS WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS
WITH SOME DRY LIGHTNING POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA
MOUNTAINS. AN UPPER LOW WILL CROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST TONIGHT
BRINGING A SHIFT IN THE WINDS ALOFT TO THE WEST ALONG WITH A
COOLING TREND WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING. BECOMING PARTLY
                    CLOUDY BY 1300 PDT WITH ISOLATED AFTERNOON
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....87-89.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE 2-4 MPH...EXCEPT GUSTY AND ERRATIC NEAR
                    ANY THUNDERSTORM.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 8-16 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 12000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 MPH.

.TUESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE EVENING WITH ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS. BECOMING MOSTLY CLEAR BY 2100 PDT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....41-43.
MAX HUMIDITY........45-50 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE 1-3 MPH...EXCEPT GUSTY AND ERRATIC NEAR
                    ANY THUNDERSTORM.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 10-20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 3 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....84-86.
MIN HUMIDITY........21-26 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE 2-4 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHWEST 8-16 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 11000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 5 MPH.


FORECASTER...DS
$$REQUESTED BY...TOMAS GONZALES
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090519.VIRGI.01/HNX