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SPOT FORECAST FOR TORNADO UNIT 7 UNDERBURN...USFS-SQF-HLRD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
1011 PM PDT TUE JUN 16 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 PDT ON JUNE 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN UPPER TROUGH OVER THE BURN SITE WILL GRADUALLY
WEAKEN AS AN UPPER RIDGE OVER THE EAST PACIFIC WILL BUILD INTO
CALIFORNIA ON THURSDAY AND BRING WARMER AND DRIER CONDITIONS TO THE
BURN SITE.


.TODAY (WEDNESDAY)...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....54-57 AT IGNITION...MAX 60-63.
MIN HUMIDITY........57-62 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 48-51 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....ESE 1-5 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...ESE 2-6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 5000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NW 5 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 45-50.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 77-80 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 1-5 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...ENE 2-6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....ENE 3 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 65-70.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 33-37 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....W 1-4 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SE 2-5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SE 5 MPH.


FORECASTER...BARLOW

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REQUESTED BY...MIKE PASILLAS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090617.TORNA.01/HNX