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SPOT FORECAST FOR TOLLGATE RANGE IMPROVEMENT BURN...KERN COUNTY FIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
750 PM PST MON NOV 2 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PST ON NOVEMBER 03.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL BRING DRY
WEATHER...ABOVE NORMAL AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES AND A WEAK OFFSHORE
FLOW TO THE DISTRICT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. POOR HUMIDITY RECOVERIES
WILL OCCUR OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN EACH NIGHT.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72 AT IGNITION...MAX 76-80.
MIN HUMIDITY........20 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 10-15 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 3-8 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING
                    TURNING EAST AFTER 1000 PST...THEN BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 3-6 MPH AFTER 1300 PST.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST 5-12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3000 FEET AGL AT IGNITION...RISING TO 6000
                    FEET AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 12 MPH.

.TUESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 47-51.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 35-40 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOP/DOWNVALLEY 3-7 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 5 MPH AFTER 2100
                    PST.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST 3-9 MPH IN THE EVENING...BECOMING
                    SOUTH 10-15 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 6 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 74-78
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 11-16 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 3-8 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING
                    TURNING EAST AFTER 1000 PST...THEN BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 3-6 MPH AFTER 1300 PST.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH 10-15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 6000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 15 MPH.


FORECASTER...SANGER

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REQUESTED BY...DISPATCHER E  HOFFMAN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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