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SPOT FORECAST FOR TULE LIGHTING COMPLEX...CAL FIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
910 PM PDT SUN MAY 31 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1906 PDT ON MAY 31.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A SOUTHERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL PREVAIL OVER THE FIRE
              THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW ANCHORS
              ITSELF OFF THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA COAST. WHILE DRY
              WEATHER IS FAVORED THROUGH THE PERIOD...THERE MAY BE
              ENOUGH MID LEVEL MOISTURE PRESENT TO PRODUCE A
              THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE FIRE BEGINNING TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. (CONSIDERABLE HIGH CLOUDINESS)
MAX TEMPERATURE.....87-92.
MIN HUMIDITY........27-31 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE LESS THAN 3 MPH BECOMING UPSLOPE 3-5 MPH
                    BY 1100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...VARIABLE 2-5 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 6-10 MPH
                    AFTER NOON PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO ABOUT 9000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST TO NORTHWEST 8 MPH.

.MONDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....60-65.
MAX HUMIDITY........65-70 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE 3-5 MPH UNTIL 2000 PDT...BECOMING
                    DOWNSLOPE 1-3 MPH BY 2200 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHWEST 7-12 MPH UNTIL 2300 PDT...THEN
                    VARIABLE 2-5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO LESS THAN 500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 8 MPH UNTIL 2300 PDT...THEN VARIABLE
                    3 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF A
                    THUNDERSTORM DURING THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....82-87.
MIN HUMIDITY........28-32 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE LESS THAN 3 MPH BECOMING UPSLOPE 3-5 MPH
                    BY 1100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...VARIABLE 2-5 MPH BECOMING WEST TO NORTHWEST 4-7
                    MPH BY 1100 PDT. (WINDS WILL BE GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC IN THE VICINITY OF ANY THUNDERSTORMS
                    DURING THE AFTERNOON)
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO ABOUT 8500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST TO NORTHWEST 6 MPH.


FORECASTER...DURFEE
$$REQUESTED BY...DAVID SHY
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090531.TULEL.01/HNX