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SPOT FORECAST FOR CRESCENT MEADOW RX...NPS-SEKI
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
525 PM PDT TUE AUG 4 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1545 PDT ON AUGUST 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A DRY SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL PREVAIL OVER THE
DISTRICT TODAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW REMAINS OFF THE NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA COAST. AS THE LOW MOVES INLAND ON THURSDAY...IT WILL
BRING MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES...INCREASING HUMIDITIES...AND
A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. ADDITIONALLY...WINDS WILL
BECOME LOCALLY BREEZY OVER THE BURN SITE ON THURSDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AT 0700 PDT...55-57...MAX 74-76.
MIN HUMIDITY........AT 0700 PDT...43-45...MIN 19-21 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT DOWNSLOPING WINDS AT 0700 PDT...BECOMING
                    SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 2 TO 5 MPH AFTER 1000 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......AT 0700 PDT...NEAR 800 FEET AGL...RISING TO A
                    MAX OF 5500 FEET AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 11 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....50-52.
MAX HUMIDITY........44-46 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 3 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT EARLY IN THE EVENING.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 4 TO 8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO 700 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE
                    OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE
                    MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....68-70.
MIN HUMIDITY........29-31 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT IN THE MORNING BECOMING SOUTHWEST 7 TO
                    12 MPH AFTER 1000 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH...GUSTS TO 20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 6000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 16 MPH.


FORECASTER...MOLINA

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REQUESTED BY...DAVE ALLEN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090804.CRESC.01/HNX