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SPOT FORECAST FOR PMC WEST...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
734 PM PST MON FEB 22 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0830 PST ON FEBRUARY 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL BRING DRY WEATHER
TO THE BURN AREA TODAY. AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL BRING PRECIPITATION
TO BURN AREA THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A DRYING TREND WILL OCCUR
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDS OVER THE AREA. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING A RETURN OF WET
WEATHER TO THE BURN AREA FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.


.TODAY (TUESDAY)...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 50-54.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 15-20 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....UPSLOPE/UPCANYON 2-5 MPH BECOMING
                    DOWNSLOPE/DOWNCANYON IN THE AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 2-5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 2000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 3 MPH.


FORECASTER...BARLOW
$$REQUESTED BY...DEAN HALL
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100222.PMCWE.02/HNX