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SPOT FORECAST FOR HORSE...NPS-SEKI
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
403 PM PDT FRI AUG 7 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1536 PDT ON AUGUST 07.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING OVER THE EASTERN PACIFIC WILL
BRING A WARMING AND DRYING TREND TO THE FIRE THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.
A DRY SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL INHIBIT CUMULUS DEVELOPMENT AND
NO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY DURING THE EVENING. CLEARING
                    AFTER SUNSET.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 30-35.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 75-80 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE 2-3 MPH...BECOMING DOWNSLOPE 1-3 MPH
                    AFTER 2000 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...VARIABLE 2-4 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO LESS THAN 500 FT BY SUNRISE.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 3 MPH.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 61-64.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 30-35 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE 1-3 MPH...BECOMING UPSLOPE 2-4 MPH AFTER
                    1000 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...VARIABLE 2-4 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO AROUND 6000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 5 MPH.

.SATURDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 34-38.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 60-65 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE 2-3 MPH...BECOMING DOWNSLOPE 1-3 MPH
                    AFTER 2000 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST 4-8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO LESS THAN 500 FT BY SUNRISE.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 5 MPH.

FORECASTER...MENDENHALL
$$REQUESTED BY...BEN JACOBS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090807.HORSE.01/HNX