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SPOT FORECAST FOR HORSE...SEQUOIA & KINGS CANYON NATL PARKS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
1133 PM PDT TUE AUG 18 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1551 PDT ON AUGUST 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A DRY AND STABLE AIRMASS WILL REMAIN OVER THE FIRE
THROUGH THURSDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE DRIFTS
FROM THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST TO THE FOUR CORNERS REGION. LIGHT WINDS
AND SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH LITTLE
DIURNAL CHANGE IN HUMIDITIES. A SOUTHERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL THEN BRING
MONSOONAL MOISTURE INTO THE REGION FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH
THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS AT THE FIRE SITE.


.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....69-73.
MIN HUMIDITY........28-33 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE 1-3 MPH BECOMING UPSLOPE
                    3-7 MPH AFTER 1100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST 4-8 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 3-6 MPH
                    AFTER 1200 PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 6500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 5 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....42-46.
MAX HUMIDITY........55-60 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE 3-5 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    VARIABLE 1-3 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...VARIABLE 2-4 MPH BECOMING SOUTHEAST 4-8 MPH
                    AFTER 2300 PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO AROUND 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 3 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-74.
MIN HUMIDITY........29-34 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE 1-3 MPH BECOMING UPSLOPE
                    3-7 MPH AFTER 1100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH 5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 6000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 7 MPH.


FORECASTER...BAGNALL
$$REQUESTED BY...DAVE ALLEN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090818.HORSE.01/HNX