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SPOT FORECAST FOR WILDCAT...YNP
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
1049 PM PDT SUN AUG 16 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 1657 PDT ON AUGUST 16.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE EASTERN PACIFIC WILL
GRADUALLY BUILD INLAND THROUGH MID WEEK AS A TROUGH OF LOW
PRESSURE MOVES AWAY FROM THE REGION. THIS WILL BRING A WARMING
TREND THROUGH WEDNESDAY ALONG WITH DRY CONDITIONS AND GENERALLY
LIGHT WINDS FOR THE WILDCAT FIRE SITE.


.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....74-77.
MIN HUMIDITY........13-15 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT IN THE MORNING THEN BECOMING WNW 4-7 WITH
                    GUSTS TO 12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 10-15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 7000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WNW 5-10 MPH.

.MONDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 42.
MAX HUMIDITY........50 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT DOWNSLOPE.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...BECOMING ENE 5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO 500-1000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 2-5 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....76-80.
MIN HUMIDITY........12-14 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT IN THE MORNING BECOMING W 4-6 WITH
                    GUSTS TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WNW 10-12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 8000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....W 5-8 MPH.

.EXTENDED...
.WEDNESDAY...
CLEAR. TEMPERATURES UP 1-3 DEGREES. MINIMUM RH LITTLE CHANGE.
20-FOOT WINDS...
   SLOPES...........SOUTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST 3-8 MPH.
   RIDGES...........SOUTHEAST 4-8 MPH.

.THURSDAY...
MOSTLY CLEAR. TEMPERATURES LITTLE CHANGE. MINIMUM RH UP 1-3
PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS...
   SLOPES...........SOUTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST 3-8 MPH.
   RIDGES...........SOUTHEAST 4-8 MPH.

.FRIDAY...
MOSTLY CLEAR. TEMPERATURES LITTLE CHANGE. MINIMUM RH LITTLE
CHANGE.
20-FOOT WINDS...
   SLOPES...........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 3-7 MPH.
   RIDGES...........SOUTH 3-7 MPH.


FORECASTER...BROTHERTON
$$REQUESTED BY...MEREDITH WENDT
TYPE OF REQUEST...WFU
.TAG 20090816.WILDC.01/HNX