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SPOT FORECAST FOR HORSE...NPS-SEKI
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
951 PM PDT FRI SEP 4 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1517 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OFF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST
WILL DEEPEN AND MOVE INLAND THIS WEEKEND AND BRING A COOLER AND DRIER
AIRMASS INTO THE DISTRICT. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BE LOW
WITH FAIRLY POOR RECOVERY SATURDAY NIGHT. AN INCREASE IN ONSHORE FLOW
WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS OVER THE RIDGES.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 58-62.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 18-23 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST TO WEST 2-5 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 10 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 6-12 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 3000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 8 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 37-41.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 38-44 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST TO WEST 2-5 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    VARIABLE 0-3 MPH BY 2100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 5-10 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 18 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO AROUND 700 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 5 MPH.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 57-61.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 21-26 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST TO WEST 2-5 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 10 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 6-12 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 3000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 8 MPH.


FORECASTER...HARTY
$$REQUESTED BY...IC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090904.HORSE.01/HNX