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SPOT FORECAST FOR SHIRLEY CREEK FUELS REDUCTION PROJECT...BLM-CALIENTE AREA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
231 PM PST WED JAN 13 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0850 PST ON JANUARY 13.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL REBUILD OVER THE REGION THURSDAY
AND FRIDAY...BRINGING DRIER CONDITIONS WITH TEMPERATURES TRENDING
UPWARD AND HUMIDITIES SLIGHTLY LOWER OVER THE BURN SITE.
THE HIGH WILL BREAK DOWN ON SATURDAY AS THE NEXT LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM APPROACHES THE COAST. THIS SYSTEM WILL MOVE INLAND ON
SUNDAY BRINGING A CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION TO THE BURN SITE. THIS
WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A STRONGER SYSTEM ON MONDAY WHICH WILL BRING
COOLER TEMPERATURES AND INCREASED MOISTURE TO THE BURN AREA.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....55-57.
MIN HUMIDITY........32-37 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....VARIABLE 0-2 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING BECOMING
                    UPSLOPE/UPCANYON 3-5 MPH BY 1100 PST.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTH 4-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 4000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 5 MPH.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....34-36.
MAX HUMIDITY........60-65 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....UPLSOPE/UPCANYON 3-5 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING
                    BECOMING VARIABLE 0-2 MPH BY 2100 PST.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHEAST 4-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 2 MPH.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....59-61.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....VARIABLE 0-2 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING BECOMING
                    UPSLOPE/UPCANYON 2-4 MPH BY 1100 PST.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...EAST 4-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 3000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 5 MPH.


FORECASTER...DS
$$REQUESTED BY...BURNS C BRIMHALL
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100113.SHIRL.01/HNX