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SPOT FORECAST FOR WILDCAT...YNP
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
705 PM PDT SAT AUG 22 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 1709 PDT ON AUGUST 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...MONSOONAL MOISTURE WILL BE CHANNELED INTO THE BURN
SITE RESULTING IN POSSIBLE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING THUNDERSTORMS
THROUGH MONDAY. A DRIER SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL DEVELOP MONDAY
EVENING AND CONFINE FURTHER THUNDERSTORMS ACTIVITY TO THE CREST.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND
                    AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....65-67.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-27 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT IN THE MORNING BECOMING UPSLOPE 2-5 MPH
                    AFTER 1100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 7-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 6000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 11 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
                    AND EARLY EVENING THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....38-40.
MAX HUMIDITY........77-80 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 3-6 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE AFTER 2000 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 5-7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO 900 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 5 MPH.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
                    AND AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....66-68.
MIN HUMIDITY........23-25 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT AND VARIABLE IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    UPSLOPE 2-5 MPH BY MID-DAY.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 6-9 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 6500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 MPH.

.EXTENDED...
.TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
TEMPERATURE.........TEMPERATURES UP 1-3 DEGREES EACH DAY.
HUMIDITY............DOWN 2-4 PERCENT EACH DAY.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 3-5 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH 5-10 MPH.


FORECASTER...MOLINA

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REQUESTED BY...TARO PUSINA
TYPE OF REQUEST...WFU
.TAG 20090822.WILDC.01/HNX