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SPOT FORECAST FOR LION FIRE...SEQUOIA NF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
1132 PM PDT FRI JUL 3 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 2116 PDT ON JULY 03.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL BE ACROSS THE BURN AREA
THROUGH THE WEEKEND. LITTLE CHANGE IN TEMPERATURES...HUMIDITIES...OR
WIND IS EXPECTED. SKIES WILL BE CLEAR. A SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL
PREVAIL FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THE NEW WEEK WITH A SLIGHT LOWERING
OF TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITIES AND SOME INCREASE IN RIDGE WINDS.

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY TOUGH WINDS FORECAST BASED SOLELY ON THE
BLACKROCK RAWS. IF EYE LEVEL WINDS ARE NOT AS VARIABLE AND AS GUSTY
AS THE RAWS...PLEASE TAKE SOME EYE LEVEL OBS FOR THE NEXT SPOT
REQUEST. THANKS. THE FORECAST BELOW IGNORS THE VARIABILITY AND
STRENGTH OF THE 20-FOOT WINDS ON THE RAWS.

.TODAY (JUL 4)...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 76.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 28-31 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT BECOMING EAST 4-8.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 3000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 41-44.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 73-80 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE 1-4 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 4-8 MPH BECOMING LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO LESS THAN 1000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 MPH BECOMING LIGHT.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 75.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 23-30 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT BECOMING SOUTH 5-10 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...LIGHT BECOMING SOUTHWEST 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 4000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 5 MPH SHIFTING TO SOUTHWEST 10 MPH.

.OUTLOOK MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
CLEAR. TEMPERATURES LOWERING 1-2 DEGREES EACH DAY...BUT HUMIDITIES
ALSO LOWERING TO 15-20 PERCENT FOR DAYTIME MINS...AND NIGHTTIME
MAXIMUM HUMIDITIES LOWERING TO 60-65 PERCENT. LITTLE CHANGE IN
EYE LEVEL WINDS...BUT RIDGE WINDS INCREASING TO WEST TO
SOUTHWEST 10-15 MPH.


FORECASTER...BINGHAM
$$REQUESTED BY...JIM YEARWOOD
TYPE OF REQUEST...WFU
.TAG 20090703.LIONF.01/HNX