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SPOT FORECAST FOR POWER...SEQUOIA NF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
915 PM PDT SUN SEP 27 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2051 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A STRONG RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WHICH HAS BROUGHT
HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS TO THE DISTRICT WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN AND
MOVE EAST MONDAY AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE TROUGH.
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH DRY LIGHTNING MAY OCCUR NEAR THE
SIERRA CREST MONDAY AFTERNOON AHEAD OF THIS TROUGH. A MARKEDLY
COOLER AIRMASS WITH HIGHER HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WINDS WILL MOVE
INTO THE DISTRICT TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT AS THE FRONTAL SYSTEM
TRACKS SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE STATE. TEMPERATURES WILL THEN RECOVER
TO NEAR SEASONAL AVERAGES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...WITH HUMIDITIES
LOWERING SLIGHTLY...AS HIGH PRESSURE REBUILDS BEHIND THE DEPARTING
SYSTEM.


.REST OF TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....79-81 AT REQUEST...MIN 70-72.
MAX HUMIDITY........21-23 PERCENT AT REQUEST...MAX 25-27 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 3-6 MPH UNTIL 2300 PDT...BECOMING
                    EAST WINDS 2-4 MPH AFTERWARD.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST TO NORTHWEST 6-9 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......AROUND 3000 FEET AGL AT REQUEST...LOWERING
                    TO 900 FEET AGL BY MONDAY MORNING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 6 MPH.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....93-95.
MIN HUMIDITY........12-14 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHEAST WINDS 1-3 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING
                    SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 6-9 MPH BY 1000 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 7-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 5000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 MPH.


FORECASTER...MOLINA

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REQUESTED BY...E  SMITH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090927.POWER.01/HNX