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SPOT FORECAST FOR LION FIRE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
1136 PM PDT THU JUL 30 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2037 PDT ON JULY 30.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A WEAK AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL KEEP NEAR
NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITIES INTO THE WEEKEND. LOW PRESSURE
ALOFT WILL BE WEST OF CALIFORNIA. THIS WILL KEEP A MAINLY DRY
SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FLOW ACROSS THE SIERRA. ANY THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE CONFINED TO THE IMMEDIATE CREST DURING THE AFTERNOON
HOURS.


.TODAY (FRIDAY)...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....76-81.
MIN HUMIDITY........19-24 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT BECOMING UPSLOPE 2-6 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST 2-6 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 3-8 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 6000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST 10 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....46-51.
MAX HUMIDITY........65-70 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE 1-3 MPH BECOMING LIGHT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 3-8 MPH BECOMING SOUTHEAST 2-5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO 2000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 5-10 MPH.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....76-81.
MIN HUMIDITY........19-24 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT BECOMING UPSLOPE 2-6 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST 2-5 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 3-8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 6000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 5-10 MPH.


FORECASTER...BINGHAM
$$REQUESTED BY...DAVE VARON
TYPE OF REQUEST...WFU
.TAG 20090730.LIONF.01/HNX