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SPOT FORECAST FOR HORSE...SEQUOIA & KINGS CANYON NATL PARKS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
750 PM PDT WED JUL 29 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1520 PDT ON JULY 29.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF
THE SIERRA WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE
EXITS INTO THE GREAT BASIN.  HOWEVER...THERE WILL STILL BE SUFFICIENT
MID LEVEL MOISTURE TO TRIGGER ISOLATED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS NEAR
THE SIERRA CREST THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. OTHERWISE...AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE
OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE DISTRICT LATER TONIGHT AND REMAIN
IN CONTROL THROUGH FRIDAY. A DRY SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL BECOME
ESTABLISHED THIS WEEKEND AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW DEVELOPS NEAR THE
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST.

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


.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING. BECOMING PARTLY
                    CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....66-70.
MIN HUMIDITY........28-33 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE LESS THAN 5 MPH IN THE MORNING.
                    BECOMING UPSLOPE 3-8 MPH AFTER 1300 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...VARIABLE 2-5 MPH BECOMING WEST 5-10 MPH DURING
                    THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 6500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 4 MPH.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....44-48.
MAX HUMIDITY........61 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE 3-7 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING DOWNSLOPE
                    2-5 MPH AFTER 2100 PDT...THEN VARIABLE LESS THAN
                    5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...VARIABLE 2-5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 3 MPH.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY IN THE MORNING. BECOMING PARTLY
                    CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....66-70.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-30 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE LESS THAN 5 MPH IN THE MORNING.
                    BECOMING UPSLOPE 3-8 MPH AFTER 1300 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 7000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 8 MPH.


FORECASTER...SANGER

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REQUESTED BY...DAVE ALLEN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090729.HORSE.01/HNX