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SPOT FORECAST FOR SHOTGUN...SEQUOIA NF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
1254 AM PDT SAT JUL 4 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 1701 PDT ON JULY 03.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...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.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....76-78.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE 0-2 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 2-5 MPH
                    AFTER 1100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 4000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....44-46.
MAX HUMIDITY........75-80 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 2-5 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    VARIABLE 0-2 MPH AFTER 2100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 3 MPH.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....77-79.
MIN HUMIDITY........19-24 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE 0-2 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 2-5 MPH
                    AFTER 1100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...LIGHT IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 4000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 MPH.

.OUTLOOK MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
CLEAR THROUGH THE PERIOD. 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...DS
$$REQUESTED BY...PAUL GIBBS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WFU
.TAG 20090703.SHOTG.01/HNX