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SPOT FORECAST FOR WILDCAT...YNP
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
937 PM PDT SAT AUG 8 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 1658 PDT ON AUGUST 08.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A DRY AND STABLE AIRMASS WILL RESIDE OVER THE FIRE
              THROUGH AT LEAST TUESDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF
              HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE STATE.  A WARMING TREND
              WILL TAKE TEMPERATURES SEVERAL DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL BY
              MONDAY.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....BASE  76-79      TOP 65-68
MIN HUMIDITY........25 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE 1-3 MPH BECOMING UPSLOPE 3-5 MPH BY
                    1100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 4-7 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    BECOMING WEST 7-12 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO ABOUT 8500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 MPH.

.SUNDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....BASE  44-47      TOP 37-40
MAX HUMIDITY........51 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST AROUND 10 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    LIGHT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 5-10 MPH BECOMING EASTERLY 4-7 MPH BY
                    2300 PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO LESS THAN 500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 7 MPH.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....BASE  78-81      TOP  68-71
MIN HUMIDITY........20 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE 1-2 MPH BECOMING UPSLOPE 3-5 MPH
                    BY 1100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH 3-5 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST
                    TO WEST 7-12 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO ABOUT 9500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 MPH.


.3-5 DAY OUTLOOK...TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR.
TEMPERATURES AVERAGING 4-7 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL WITH LITTLE DIURNAL
CHANGE IN HUMIDITIES.
EYE-LEVEL WINDS...UPSLOPE 3-5 MPH EACH AFTERNOON...OTHERWISE VARIABLE
                  LESS THAN 3 MPH.
RIDGE WINDS.......SOUTHEAST 3-5 MPH EACH NIGHT AND MORNING BECOMING
                  SOUTHWEST TO WEST 7-12 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOONS.


FORECASTER...DURFEE
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REQUESTED BY...ANSLEY ROTHELL
TYPE OF REQUEST...WFU
.TAG 20090808.WILDC.01/HNX