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SPOT FORECAST FOR LION FIRE COMPLEX...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
1212 AM PDT FRI SEP 4 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1911 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 03.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A WEAKENING RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL KEEP
DRY AND WARM CONDITIONS OVER THE FIRE FRIDAY. A DRIER AND COOLER
AIRMASS WILL THEN MOVE IN THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS AN UPPER LEVEL
TROUGH OFF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST DEEPENS AND MOVES INLAND.
A HEALTHY ONSHORE FLOW ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE A
SLIGHT INCREASE IN RIDGE WINDS LATER FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY.


.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....62-66.
MIN HUMIDITY........22-26 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE 1-4 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 4-8 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 12 MPH
                    AFTER 1100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH 5-10 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    WEST 9-18 MPH AFTER 1100 PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 8500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 7 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 15 MPH AFTER 1100 PDT.

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....38-42.
MAX HUMIDITY........55-60 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST 5-10 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING NORTHWEST
                    2-5 MPH AFTER 2100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 8-16 MPH
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO AROUND 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 5 MPH.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....59-63.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST 1-4 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING WEST
                    8-16 MPH AFTER 1000 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 12-24 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 6000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 16 MPH.


FORECASTER...BAGNALL
$$REQUESTED BY...MARTELL GIBBONS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090903.LIONF.01/HNX