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SPOT FORECAST FOR HORSE...SEKI
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
1056 PM PDT FRI JUL 31 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1516 PDT ON JULY 31.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A SLIGHTLY MOIST SOUTH FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE TO
BRING ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO THE SIERRA CREST SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED DIRECTLY OVER THE BURN AREA,
NORMAL SLOPE AND VALLEY WINDS WILL PREVAIL. A DRIER SOUTHWEST FLOW
ALOFT WILL ARRIVE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY, WHICH WILL LAST AT
LEAST THROUGH MID-WEEK.


.TODAY (SATURDAY)...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 72-76
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 30-35 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT BECOMING UPSLOPE 2-6 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...VARIABLE 2-5 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 6-11 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 4000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....VARIABLE 2-5 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 8 MPH.

.SATURDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 44-47.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 60-70 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE 1-3 MPH BECOMING LIGHT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 6-11 MPH BECOMING VARIABLE 2-5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO LESS THAN 1000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 8 MPH BECOMING VARIABLE 2-5 MPH.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 72-76.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 28-32 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT BECOMING UPSLOPE 2-6 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...VARIABLE 2-5 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 5000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....LIGHT BECOMING SOUTHWEST 8-12 MPH.


FORECASTER...BINGHAM
$$REQUESTED BY...BEN JACOBS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090731.HORSE.01/HNX