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SPOT FORECAST FOR MERCED PILES...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
721 PM PST MON JAN 11 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PST ON JANUARY 12.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

NOTE...THERE WERE NO OBSERVATIONS FROM THE SAN LUIS PORTABLE RAWS
BEFORE 1234 PST MONDAY...OR AFTER 1534 PST MONDAY. THE SAN LUIS
NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE RAWS WAS NOT AVAILABLE MONDAY. THE FORECAST
WINDS ARE BASED ON THE FEW RAWS OBSERVATIONS AND COMPUTER MODELS.
PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE AT
559-584-9505 FOR AN UPDATE ON EXPECTED WINDS.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL GIVE WAY TO AN APPROACHING
PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM ON TUESDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING INCREASED
WINDS ALONG WITH PRECIPITATION AND LOWERING TEMPERATURES
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL THEN REBUILD
OVER THE REGION THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...BRINGING DRIER CONDITIONS
WITH TEMPERATURES TRENDING UPWARD AND HUMIDITIES SLIGHTLY LOWER.
THE RIDGE WILL BREAK DOWN ON SATURDAY AS ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM
APPROACHES THE COAST.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....47 AT IGNITION...MAX 56-60.
MIN HUMIDITY........82 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 49-54 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....SOUTHEAST 3-6 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST 6-12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 3000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 17 MPH.

.TUESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. RAIN.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 42-46.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 95-100 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....SOUTHEAST 5-9 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST 10-15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO AROUND 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 15 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SHOWERS LIKELY. THE CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS IS 60 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 48-52.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 79-84 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....SOUTHEAST 3-8 MPH IN THE MORNING...BECOMING WEST
                    6-10 MPH BY 1100 PST...THEN BECOMING NORTHWEST
                    4-8 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 8-12 MPH IN THE MORNING...BECOMING WEST
                    10-15 MPH AFTER 1100 PST...THEN NORTHWEST AROUND
                    10 MPH AFTER 1400 PST.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 1000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 15 MPH IN THE MORNING...BECOMING WEST 15 MPH
                    AFTER 1000 PST...THEN BECOMING NORTHWEST 8 MPH
                    AFTER 1400 PST.


FORECASTER...SANGER

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REQUESTED BY...SHAWN MURPHY
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100112.MERCE.03/HNX