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SPOT FORECAST FOR WILDCAT...YNP
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
830 PM PDT SUN SEP 27 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1544 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 TODAY AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE TROUGH.
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH DRY LIGHTNING MAY OCCUR NEAR THE
SIERRA CREST THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF THIS TROUGH. A MARKEDLY
COOLER AIRMASS WITH HIGHER HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WINDS WILL MOVE
INTO THE BURN SITE 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.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING. BECOMING PARTLY
                    CLOUDY WITH SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-72.
MIN HUMIDITY........19-21 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 3-5 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING
                    INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 7-12 MPH WITH GUSTS
                    TO 16 MPH AFTER 1200 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 8-13 MPH EARLY...INCREASING
                    TO SOUTHWEST 12-16 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 6000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 16 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE CREST UNTIL 2200 PDT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....42-44.
MAX HUMIDITY........35-37 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST TO WEST 5-8 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING
                    DECREASING TO WEST 2-5 MPH AFTER 2200 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST TO WEST 6-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO 1000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 8 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....58-60.
MIN HUMIDITY........27-29 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 4-7 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING
                    INCREASING TO SOUTH 8-16 MPH AFTER 1000 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 12-18 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 5000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 22 MPH.

.EXTENDED...
.WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...
PARTLY CLOUDY. COOLER. TEMPERATURES DOWN 5-10 DEGREES ON WEDNESDAY
THEN LITTLE CHANGE ON THURSDAY FOLLOWED BY WARMING 3-5 DEGREES ON
FRIDAY. MINIMUM RH UP 5-10 PERCENT ON WEDNESDAY...FOLLOWED BY LITTLE
CHANGE ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.
20-FOOT WINDS...
   SLOPES...........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 5-10 MPH.
   RIDGES...........SOUTHWEST TO WEST 10-15 MPH.


FORECASTER...MOLINA

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REQUESTED BY...KELLY SINGER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090927.WILDC.01/HNX