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SPOT FORECAST FOR LION FIRE...SEQUOIA NF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
1055 PM PDT FRI JUL 10 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 2223 PDT ON JULY 10.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL REMAIN ANCHORED OFF THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST COAST THROUGH SATURDAY AND PRODUCE A SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW
ALOFT ACROSS CALIFORNIA. AS MID LEVEL MOISTURE BECOMES ENTRAINED IN
THE SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW...HUMIDITIES WILL TREND SLIGHTLY HIGHER OVER
THE MOUNTAINS AND LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
NEAR THE SIERRA CREST SATURDAY. A STRONGER ONSHORE FLOW WILL OCCUR
SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AS THE UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVES INLAND
ACROSS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. DURING THIS TIME...A DRIER AND SLIGHTLY
COOLER AIRMASS WILL MOVE INTO THE DISTRICT ACCOMPANIED BY LOCALLY
GUSTY WINDS.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING. PARTLY CLOUDY WITH
                    A SLIGHT CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE CREST
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....69-71.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-21 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT MORNING WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 6-8 MPH
                    BY 900 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 9-12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 5500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 12 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....41-43.
MAX HUMIDITY........52-55 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 4-6 EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    LIGHT DOWNSLOPING WINDS 1-3 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 4-6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO NEAR 800 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 4 MPH.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....66-69.
MIN HUMIDITY........19-22 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 8-10 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST TO WEST 10-14 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 4500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 14 MPH.

.EXTENDED...
.MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MAX/MIN TEMPERATURE.WARMING 2-3 DEGREES EACH DAY.
MIN/MAX HUMIDITY....LITTLE CHANGE IN HUMIDITIES.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 4-7 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOONS
                    FOLLOWED BY DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2-4 MPH EACH
                    NIGHT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...GENERALLY SOUTHWEST 10-15 MPH MONDAY AND TUESDAY.
                    SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH ON WEDNESDAY.


FORECASTER...MOLINA

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REQUESTED BY...JIM YEARWOOD
TYPE OF REQUEST...WFU
.TAG 20090710.LIONF.01/HNX