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SPOT FORECAST FOR TOLLGATE RANGE IMPROVEMENT BURN...KERN COUNTY FIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
425 PM PST WED NOV 4 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1055 PST ON NOVEMBER 08.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH APPROACHING FROM THE PACIFIC
WILL BRING COOLING TEMPERATURES AND HIGHER HUMIDITIES TO THE BURN
SITE THROUGH FRIDAY. ANOTHER SYSTEM WILL THEN TRACK MAINLY NORTH OF
THE REGION BRINGING BREEZIER CONDITIONS BY SATURDAY...WITH A DRIER
AIRMASS BUILDING OVER THE SITE FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....62-65.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-30 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHEAST 3-7 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING
                    SHIFTING TO THE WEST 5-10 MPH BY AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST TO WEST 7-14 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 3000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 4 MPH BECOMING WEST 12 MPH AFTER 100 PDT.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....37-41.
MAX HUMIDITY........60-65 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST 3-6 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 8-16 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING BELOW 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 6 MPH.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....59-62.
MIN HUMIDITY........33-43 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST 3-8 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHWEST 8-16 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 3000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 14 MPH.


.EXTENDED OUTLOOK...
.SATURDAY...
MOSTLY CLEAR. TEMPERATURES DOWN 1-3 DEGREES. MINIMUM RH UP 2-8
PERCENT..
20-FOOT WINDS...
   SLOPES...........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 5-10 MPH.
   RIDGES...........NORTHWEST 6-12 MPH.

.SUNDAY...
MOSTLY CLEAR. TEMPERATURES DOWN 2-4 DEGREES. MINIMUM RH DOWN 4-10
PERCENT..
20-FOOT WINDS...
   SLOPES...........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 7-14 MPH.
   RIDGES...........NORTHWEST 8-16 MPH.

.MONDAY...
MOSTLY CLEAR. TEMPERATURES UP 3-5 DEGREES. MINIMUM RH DOWN 5-11
PERCENT..
20-FOOT WINDS...
   SLOPES...........NORTHEAST TO EAST 3-8 MPH.
   RIDGES...........NORTHEAST 3-7 MPH.


FORECASTER...BAGNALL
$$REQUESTED BY...DISPATCHER E  HOFFMAN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20091108.TOLLG.01/HNX