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SPOT FORECAST FOR 9 MILE...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
853 PM PDT TUE JUL 21 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1928 PDT ON JULY 21.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER
THE GREAT BASIN WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES WELL ABOVE NORMAL OVER THE
BURN THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY.  THERE WILL BE SUFFICIENT MID LEVEL
MOISTURE AVAILABLE TO PRODUCE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE VICINITY OF THE
FIRE DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF AFTERNOONS.


.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING. PARTLY CLOUDY
                    DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE
                    OF A THUNDERSTORM.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....79-83.
MIN HUMIDITY........19-23 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE 1-3 MPH BECOMING UPSLOPE 4-7 MPH AFTER
                    1100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST 5-10 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 7-12 MPH
                    BY 1400 PDT.  (WINDS GUSTY AND ERRATIC IN THE
                    VICINITY OF AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS)
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO ABOUT 11,000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 6 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 8 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........30 PERCENT CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM UNTIL
                    2000 PDT...OTHERWISE PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....57-62.
MAX HUMIDITY........46-50 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE 2-4 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 7-12 MPH BECOMING SOUTHEAST 2-5 MPH BY
                    MIDNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO LESS THAN 500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 10 MPH UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN SOUTHEAST
                    4 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT
                    CHANCE OF AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-79.
MIN HUMIDITY........19-23 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE 4-7 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST 7-12 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5-10
                    MPH AFTER 1400 PDT. (WINDS GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    IN THE VICINITY OF AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS)
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO ABOUT 9000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 10 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 8 MPH
                    DURING THE AFTERNOON.


FORECASTER...DURFEE
$$
REQUESTED BY...3106
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090721.9MILE.01/HNX