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SPOT FORECAST FOR VIRGINIAS...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
827 PM PDT MON JUN 1 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0930 PDT ON JUNE 02.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL REMAIN ANCHORED OFF THE CENTRAL
CALIFORNIA COAST THROUGH MIDWEEK. A SOUTHERLY FLOW OF MOISTURE
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL KEEP HUMIDITIES FAIRLY HIGH AND
BRING A CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING THUNDERSTORMS TO THE
BURN SITE EACH DAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.


.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF AN
                    AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORM.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....69 AT IGNITION...MAX 74-78.
MIN HUMIDITY........50 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 40 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE LESS THAN 3 MPH BECOMING UPSLOPE 3-5 MPH
                    AFTER 1100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH. (WINDS GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC IN THE VICINITY OF AFTERNOON
                    THUNDERSTORMS)
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO ABOUT 11,000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 6 MPH.

.TUESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........30 PERCENT CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM UNTIL 2000
PDT.
                    OTHERWISE MOSTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 55.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 80 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 2-4 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST 5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO LESS THAN 500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 6 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 68.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 43 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 3-5 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH 5-10 MPH. (WINDS GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC IN THE VICINITY OF THUNDERSTORMS)
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO ABOUT 7000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHERLY 7 MPH.


FORECASTER...DURFEE
$$REQUESTED BY...TOMAS GONZALEZ
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090602.VIRGI.01/HNX