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SPOT FORECAST FOR HORSE...SEQUOIA & KINGS CANYON NATL PARKS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
952 PM PDT TUE JUL 28 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1633 PDT ON JULY 28.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE DISTRICT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
MID WEEK THEN SLOWLY WEAKEN BY THE WEEKEND. ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY...THEN SLOWLY TREND LOWER TO NEAR
NORMAL BY THE END OF THE WEEK. DAYTIME RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN
LOW WITH ONLY POOR TO MODERATE OVERNIGHT RECOVERY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HIGH SIERRA THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THE WEEK.

NOTE...WINDS WILL BE GUSTY AND ERRATIC NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORMS.


.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED RAIN
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....66-70.
MIN HUMIDITY........36-41 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE LESS THAN 5 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    UPSLOPE 3-8 MPH AFTER 1200 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...VARIABLE 2 TO 5 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    WEST 8 TO 12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 5000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 5 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING CLEAR. ISOLATED
                    RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....44-48.
MAX HUMIDITY........80-85 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST 3-8 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE
                    LESS THAN 5 MPH AFTER 2200 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO AROUND 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 5 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT
                    CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS NEAR
                    THE CREST IN THE EVENING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....68-72.
MIN HUMIDITY........35-40 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE LESS THAN 5 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    UPSLOPE 3-8 MPH AFTER 1200 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...VARIABLE 5 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 4000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5 MPH.


FORECASTER...SANGER

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REQUESTED BY...DAVE ALLEN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090728.HORSE.01/HNX