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SPOT FORECAST FOR ASH MTN RX...NPS-SEKI
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
705 PM PDT WED JUN 23 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1745 PDT ON JUNE 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE INTO CALIFORNIA TODAY
AND WILL BRING COOLER CONDITIONS AND A SLIGHT INCREASE IN HUMIDITIES
OVER THE BURN SITE THROUGH FRIDAY. CONDITIONS WILL TREND WARMER AND
DRIER OVER THE WEEKEND AS A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE RETURNS.

.TODAY (THURSDAY)...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....93-95.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-23 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....DOWNSLOPE 1-3 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING SHIFTING
                    TO UPSLOPE/UPCANYON 2-5 MPH BY 1100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST 2-5 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING BECOMING
                    WEST 3-7 MPH BY 1100 PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 7000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....63-65.
MAX HUMIDITY........60-65 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....UPSLOPE/UPCANYON 2-5 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING
                    SHIFTING TO DOWNSLOPE 1-3 BY 2200 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 3-7 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING BECOMING
                    NORTHEAST 2-5 MPH BY 2200 PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 2 MPH.

.OUTLOOK FOR FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....91-93.
MIN HUMIDITY........22-27 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....DOWNSLOPE 1-3 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING SHIFTING
                    TO UPSLOPE/UPCANYON 3-6 MPH BY 1100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...EAST 2-5 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 4-8 MPH BY 1100 PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 6000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 5 MPH.


FORECASTER...DS
$$REQUESTED BY...IC
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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