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SPOT FORECAST FOR FALLS...NPS-SEKI
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
605 PM PDT WED MAY 27 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0730 PDT ON MAY 28.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL REMAIN OVER THE
AREA AS A WEAK TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN PACIFIC EDGES CLOSER TO THE
WEST COAST BY NEXT MONDAY. THE UPPER FLOW PATTERN WILL REMAIN
RELATIVELY LIGHT FAVORING A MORE SOUTHERLY DIRECTION. EXPECT LITTLE
CHANGE IN MOISTURE AND STABILITY OVER THE DISTRICT FOR CONTINUED
CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE MOUNTAINS.

NOTE...WINDS WILL BE GUSTY AND ERRATIC NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY. A CHANCE OF
                    RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AT IGNITION 59-62...MAX 79-81.
MIN HUMIDITY........AT IGNITION 42-45...MIN 21-23 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT AND VARIABLE DURING THE MORNING...
                    BECOMING WEST TO SOUTHWEST 4-7 MPH AFTER 1000
                    PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST 8-12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......AT IGNITION AROUND 800 FEET AGL...RISING TO
                    5500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 13 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLEAR. A
                    CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY
                    IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....41-43.
MAX HUMIDITY........69-71 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 2-5 MPH DURING THE EVENING...BECOMING
                    EAST TO NORTHEAST 1-3 MPH AFTER 2200 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST 4-8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 6 MPH.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT
                    CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....79-81.
MIN HUMIDITY........22-24 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT AND VARIABLE DURING THE MORNING...
                    BECOMING WEST TO SOUTHWEST 3-6 MPH AFTER 1100
                    PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH 6-9 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 5000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 10 MPH.

FORECASTER...MOLINA

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REQUESTED BY...BEN JACOBS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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