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SPOT FORECAST FOR TORNADO RX...U.S. FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
650 PM PDT WED MAY 20 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 PDT ON MAY 21.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A WEAK UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL RESIDE OVER THE STATE
DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AND BRING ISOLATED AFTERNOON
THUNDERSTORMS WITH DRY LIGHTNING TO THE SIERRA CREST. OTHERWISE...
GENERALLY LIGHT WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY WITH LITTLE
DIURNAL CHANGE IN TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITIES.


.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY IN THE MORNING. PARTLY CLOUDY DURING THE
                    AFTERNOON WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE
                    CREST.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....47-51 AT IGNITION...MAX 70-74.
MIN HUMIDITY........75-80 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 25-30 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...VARIABLE 2-5 MPH BECOMING WEST 5-15 MPH DURING THE
                    AFTERNOON. /NOTE...WINDS GUSTY AND ERRATIC IN THE
                    VICINITY OF THUNDERSTORMS./
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 7500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 6 MPH.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED EARLY EVENING
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 37-41.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 90-95 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 5-15 MPH BECOMING VARIABLE 2-5 MPH AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT. /NOTE...WINDS GUSTY AND ERRATIC IN THE
                    VICINITY OF EARLY EVENING THUNDERSTORMS./
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO AROUND 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 5 MPH

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING. PARTLY CLOUDY
                    DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
                    NEAR THE CREST.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 71-75.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 27-32 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...VARIABLE 2-5 MPH BECOMING WEST 5-15 MPH DURING
                    THE AFTERNOON. /NOTE...WINDS GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    IN THE VICINITY OF AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS./
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 7500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 5 MPH.


FORECASTER...SANGER

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REQUESTED BY...JEREMY LOYD
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090521.TORNA.01/HNX