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FWSHNX

SPOT FORECAST FOR HORSE...SEKI
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
906 PM PDT TUE AUG 11 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1510 PDT ON AUGUST 11.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE REGION WILL MAINTAIN WARM AND
DRY CONDITIONS AT THE FIRE SITE...WITH JUST SOME AFTERNOON CUMULUS
DEVELOPING. AN UPPER TROUGH WILL BEGIN TO MOVE OVER THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST ON THURSDAY AND BRING INCREASED ONSHORE FLOW LEADING TO
A COOLING TREND AND A SLIGHT INCREASE IN HUMIDITIES THROUGH FRIDAY.
THIS SYSTEM ALSO WILL BRING BREEZIER CONDITIONS LATER IN THE WEEK.


.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY IN THE MORNING WITH A FEW CUMULUS
                    DEVELOPING DURING THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....67-72.
MIN HUMIDITY........30-35 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT BECOMING UPSLOPE 2-6 MPH AFTER 1000 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...VARIABLE 2-5 MPH BECOMING WEST 3-7 MPH AFTER
                    1200 PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 6000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 4 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....43-48.
MAX HUMIDITY........55-60 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE 2-5 MPH UNTIL 1900 PDT BECOMING
                    DOWNSLOPE 1-3 MPH BY 2200 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 4-8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING BELOW 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....VARIABLE 2 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY IN THE MORNING WITH A FEW CUMULUS
                    DEVELOPING DURING THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....64-67.
MIN HUMIDITY........32-37 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT BECOMING UPSLOPE 4-8 MPH AFTER 1000 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 6-12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 7000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 8 MPH.


FORECASTER...BAGNALL
$$REQUESTED BY...BEN JACOBS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090811.HORSE.01/HNX