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SPOT FORECAST FOR ELLA...SEQUOIA & KINGS CANYON NATL PARKS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
1018 PM PDT SUN OCT 11 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1510 PDT ON OCTOBER 11.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...WETTING RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS TUESDAY...

.DISCUSSION...A STORM SYSTEM APPROACHING THE CALIFORNIA COAST WILL
BRING INCREASING CLOUDS AND COOLER TEMPERATURES TO THE BURN AREA ON
COLUMBUS DAY THEN BRING A PERIOD OF WET WEATHER FROM MONDAY NIGHT
THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WETTING RAINS ARE LIKELY TUESDAY WITH HEAVY RAINFALL
POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM ON COLUMBUS
DAY WITH WINDY CONDITIONS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL
BRING A WARMING AND DRYING TREND ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN LATE IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 50-55.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 42-47 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 1-4 MPH IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO
                    4-7 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 10-15 MPH
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO AROUND 6000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 18 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE EVENING...THEN
                    RAIN LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 41-44.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 75-85 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 3-7 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 10-15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO AROUND 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 44-48.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 70-80 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 3-6 MPH EARLY IN THE EARLY
                    MORNING BECOMING LIGHT EARLY IN THE EARLY
                    MORNING...THEN BECOMING SOUTHEAST 4-10 MPH LATE
                    IN THE EARLY MORNING.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 15-25 MPH. GUSTS TO 40 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO AROUND 3000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 30 MPH.


FORECASTER...HARTY
$$REQUESTED BY...DAVE ALLEN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20091011.ELLA_.02/HNX