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SPOT FORECAST FOR LION FIRE COMPLEX...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
1149 PM PDT SUN AUG 23 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2120 PDT ON AUGUST 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A DRYING TREND WILL BECOME ESTABLISHED ACROSS THE
REGION MONDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVES INTO THE GREAT BASIN.
JUST A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER NEAR THE FIRE SITE
MONDAY AFTERNOON. TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WILL BE DRY WITH WARMER
TEMPERATURES AND LOWER HUMIDITIES AS A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT
BUILDS OVER THE STATE.


.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT
                    CHANCE OF A SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....67-71.
MIN HUMIDITY........35-40 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT IN THE MORNING BECOMING SOUTHWEST 4-8 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO 14 MPH AFTER 1100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...VARIABLE 2-5 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 6-12 MPH AFTER 1200 PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 8000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 3 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING SOUTHWEST
                    8 MPH AFTER 1200 PDT.

.MONDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....44-48.
MAX HUMIDITY........70-75 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 3-7 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE
                    1-3 MPH AFTER 2000 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING SOUTHEAST
                    4-8 MPH AFTER 2300 PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING BELOW 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 7 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING SOUTHEAST
                    3 MPH AFTER 2400 PDT.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-74.
MIN HUMIDITY........30-35 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT IN THE MORNING BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO 16 MPH AFTER 1100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST 4-8 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 6-12 MPH AFTER 1300 PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 8000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 3 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING SOUTHWEST
                    8 MPH AFTER 1200 PDT.

.OUTLOOK FOR WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...

.WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...CLEAR. TEMPERATURES UP 1-3 DEGREES.
LOWS 41 TO 51. HIGHS 71 TO 81. LITTLE CHANGE IN MINIMUM HUMIDITY
IN THE 21-31 PERCENT RANGE.
 20-FOOT WINDS...
   SLOPES...........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 3-8 MPH.
   RIDGES...........SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH.

.FRIDAY...CLEAR. LITTLE CHANGE IN TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITY. LOWS 41 TO 51.
HIGHS 74 TO 84. 20-FOOT WINDS...
   SLOPES...........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 3-7 MPH.
   RIDGES...........WEST 5-10 MPH.


FORECASTER...BAGNALL
$$REQUESTED BY...MARTELL GIBBONS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090823.LIONF.01/HNX