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SPOT FORECAST FOR LION FIRE COMPLEX...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
956 PM PDT TUE AUG 11 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2039 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.....75-79.
MIN HUMIDITY........14-19 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT IN THE MORNING BECOMING UPSLOPE 3-7 MPH
                    AFTER 1000 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 10000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 3 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING SOUTHWEST
                    8 MPH BY 1400 PDT.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....43-48.
MAX HUMIDITY........55-59 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....MAINLY EAST 3-5 MPH EARLY BECOMING LIGHT AFTER
                    2000 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING BELOW 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 7 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY IN THE MORNING WITH A FEW CUMULUS
                    DEVELOPING DURING THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72-76.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-20 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT IN THE MORNING BECOMING UPSLOPE 4-8 MPH
                    AFTER 1000 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 6-12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 8000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 9 MPH.


FORECASTER...BAGNALL
$$REQUESTED BY...SCOT STEINBRING
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090811.LIONF.01/HNX