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SPOT FORECAST FOR LION FIRE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
1138 PM PDT FRI JUL 31 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 1948 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 PREVAIL AT
LEAST THROUGH MID-WEEK.


.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 78-83.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 16-21 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT BECOMING UPSLOPE 3-7 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...VARIABLE 2-5 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 7000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....LIGHT BECOMING SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 8 MPH.

.SATURDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 47-52.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 69-75 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE 1-3 MPH BECOMING LIGHT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH BECOMING VARIABLE 2-5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO 1000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 8 MPH BECOMING VARIABLE 5 MPH.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 78-83.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 14-19 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT BECOMING UPSLOPE 2-6 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...VARIABLE 2-5 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 8-11 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 6000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....VARIABLE 5 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 12 MPH.


FORECASTER...BINGHAM
$$REQUESTED BY...DAVE VARON
TYPE OF REQUEST...WFU
.TAG 20090731.LIONF.01/HNX