FNUS76 KHNX 271817
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SPOT FORECAST FOR VIRGINARX...SIERRA NF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
1117 AM PDT WED MAY 27 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1130 PDT ON MAY 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT IS BRINGING SLIGHTLY
WARMER TEMPERATURES TO THE AREA. RESIDUAL MID LEVEL MOISTURE OVER THE
HIGHER TERRAIN WILL LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF ISOLATED TO SCATTERED
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. WEAK EASTERLY FLOW COULD
BRING THESE THUNDERSTORMS FARTHER WEST OVER THE BURN AREA.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN
                    THE AFTERNOON...MAINLY EAST OF THE BURN. SLIGHT
                    CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS DRIFTING OVER THE BURN
                    SITE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

MAX TEMPERATURE.....82-85.
MIN HUMIDITY........26-29 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5-7 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...EASTERLY 4-7 MPH HIGHER RIDGES
MIXING HEIGHT.......6000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 5 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING
                    WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OVER THE BURN AREA ENDING BY
                    2100 PDT. CLEARING OVERNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....60-64.
MAX HUMIDITY........45-50 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST WINDS 5-6 MPH IN THE EVENING SHIFTING TO
                    THE NORTHEAST 3-6 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHEAST TO EAST 2-5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LESS THAN 1000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....LIGHT.


FORECASTER...GREISS
$$REQUESTED BY...TTOMAS GONZALES
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090527.VIRGI.01/HNX