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SPOT FORECAST FOR ELLA...NPS-SEKI
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
1117 PM PDT MON OCT 12 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1550 PDT ON OCTOBER 12.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

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

.DISCUSSION...A MOIST PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING WETTING RAINS
AND GUSTY WINDS TO THE BURN AREA TUESDAY. RAINFALL MAY BE HEAVY AT
TIMES ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT AND WINDS WILL BECOME BREEZY WITH
STRONG GUSTS OVER EXPOSED RIDGES. SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ON WEDNESDAY
BUT WINDS WILL DECREASE. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING A WARMING AND
DRYING TREND TO THE DISTRICT THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN. HEAVY AT TIMES.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 41-44.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 85-95 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH 5-10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 15-25 MPH. GUSTS TO 40 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO AROUND 2000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 30 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN. HEAVY AT TIMES.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 39-42.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 100 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 20-30 MPH. GUSTS TO 45 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO AROUND 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 25 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 48-53.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 85-95 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 2-6 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST TO WEST 6-12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO AROUND 4000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 15 MPH.


FORECASTER...HARTY
$$REQUESTED BY...DAVE ALLEN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20091012.ELLA_.01/HNX