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SPOT FORECAST FOR HUME PILE  DELILAH PINEHURST...SEQUOIA NF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
823 AM PDT TUE MAR 30 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PDT ON MARCH 30.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO ADVANCE TOWARDS
CALIFORNIA TODAY AND PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE
BURN AREA. MUCH COLDER AIR WILL MOVE IN OVERNIGHT WITH SNOW LEVELS
FALLING TO AROUND 4000 FEET BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL INCREASE
THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTY CONDITIONS OVER RIDGES THROUGH WEDNESDAY
EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL TREND MUCH HIGHER TODAY AND WEDNESDAY
THEN LOWER SLIGHTLY BY THE END OF THE WEEK AS THE PRECIPITATION TAPERS
OFF.

.TODAY...

MAX TEMPERATURE.....50 AT IGNITION...MAX 54-57.
MIN HUMIDITY........72 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 51-56 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....SOUTHEAST 2-5 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 8 MPH IN THE
                    MORNING SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH AROUND NOON...THEN
                    INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 3-7 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 7-14 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 31-34.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 90-100 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....SOUTHWEST TO WEST 3-7 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 38-41.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 67-72 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....WEST 3-6 WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 10 MPH.


FORECASTER...HARTY
$$REQUESTED BY...ROY LEACH
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100330.HUMEP.01/HNX