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SPOT FORECAST FOR LION FIRE...SEQUOIA NF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
845 PM PDT TUE AUG 4 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 1949 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.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 73-75.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 20-23 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE 2 TO 4 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 4 TO
                    7 MPH AFTER 1000 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 8 TO 12 MPH. GUSTS TO
                    18 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 6000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 15 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....45-48.
MAX HUMIDITY........42-46 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE 1-3 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTS TO 15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO NEAR 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 6 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 71-73.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 25-28 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5 TO 9 MPH. GUSTY NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 9 TO 15 MPH. GUSTS TO 20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 5000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 18 MPH.


FORECASTER...MOLINA

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REQUESTED BY...DAVE VARON
TYPE OF REQUEST...WFU
.TAG 20090804.LIONF.01/HNX