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SPOT FORECAST FOR LION FIRE COMPLEX...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
901 PM PDT WED SEP 2 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1930 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 02.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE WEST WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN OVER
THE NEXT FEW DAYS...ALLOWING FOR COOLER TEMPERATURES AND BETTER
HUMIDITY RECOVERIES BY THE WEEKEND. WINDS WILL REMAIN MAINLY TERRAIN
DRIVEN ALTHOUGH INCREASED ONSHORE FLOW ON FRIDAY WILL INCREASE WINDS
IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING ESPECIALLY THROUGH PASSES.


.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-74.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-23 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT IN THE MORNING BECOMING SOUTH 3-8 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO 12 MPH AFTER 1200 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST 3-8 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 7-12 MPH AFTER 1400 PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 10000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5 MPH.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....41-46.
MAX HUMIDITY........45-50 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 4-8 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    VARIABLE LESS THAN 5 MPH AFTER 2100 PDT...
                    THEN SOUTHWEST 4-8 MPH AFTER 0500 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 6-12 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE
                    2-5 MPH AFTER 2300 PDT...THEN SOUTHWEST 4-8 MPH
                    AFTER 0400 PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO AROUND 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 3 MPH.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72-76.
MIN HUMIDITY........17-22 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 4-8 MPH IN THE MORNING INCREASING
                    TO 10-14 MPH AFTER 1300 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 6-12 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    WEST 8-15 MPH AFTER 1300 PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 10000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 11 MPH.


FORECASTER...SANGER

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REQUESTED BY...MARTELL GIBBONS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090902.LIONF.01/HNX