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SPOT FORECAST FOR RACCOON SACATON...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
953 PM PST WED MAR 10 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PST ON MARCH 11.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL PROVIDE A VERY STABLE AIRMASS
OVER THE BURN AREA. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT WITH POOR SMOKE DISPERSION
IN THE MORNING...SOME IMPROVEMENT IN THE AFTERNOON. AN APPROACHING
LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL SPREAD RAIN ACROSS THE AREA LATE FRIDAY
AFTERNOON OR EVENING.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....54 AT IGNITION...MAX 60-63.
MIN HUMIDITY........70-75 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 39-45 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....VARIABLE 1-3 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......100 FEET SLOWLY INCREASING TO 2000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....VARIABLE LESS THAN 5 MPH.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 44-48.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 85-90 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....LIGHT.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON.                   IN THE AFTERN
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 61-65.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 43-53 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....LIGHT WINDS IN THE MORNING BECOMING SOUTHEAST TO
                    SOUTH 3-8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 3000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....LIGHT BECOMING SOUTHEAST 10-15 MPH.


FORECASTER...BINGHAM
$$REQUESTED BY...PETER KELLY
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100311.RACCO.01/HNX