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SPOT FORECAST FOR PW-5...YNP
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
1255 PM PDT TUE JUN 29 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0700 PDT ON JUNE 29.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL MOVE EAST OF THE REGION
TODAY...WITH AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVING IN WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.
A DRY SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL PROVIDE LOWER HUMIDITIES BY WEDNESDAY.
LITTLE CHANGE IS THEN SEEN THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. SKIES WILL BE
MOSTLY CLEAR THROUGH THE PERIOD...ALTHOUGH ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND
EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EAST OF THE BURN AREA
TODAY.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....79-82.
MIN HUMIDITY........13-16 PERCENT IN THE MORNING...INCREASING TO
                    30-32 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 5-10 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 7-12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 7000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....59-62.
MAX HUMIDITY........30-32 PERCENT THIS EVENING...DECREASING TO 17-22
                    PERCENT AFTER 2300 PDT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....SOUTHWEST 3-6 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    SHIFTING TO DOWNSLOPE 2-4 MPH AFTER 2100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 14 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO AROUND 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 MPH IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO
                    AROUND 5 MPH AFTER 2100 PDT.

.WEDNESDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....79-82.
MIN HUMIDITY........13-16 PERCENT IN THE MORNING...INCREASING TO
                    30-32 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 5-10 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 7-12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 7000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 MPH.

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....71-76.
MIN HUMIDITY........13-16 PERCENT...INCREASING TO 21-24 PERCENT AFTER
                    1000 PDT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....DOWNSLOPE 2-4 MPH IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO
                    SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH BY AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH 15-20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 6000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 12 TO 17 MPH.


FORECASTER...VASQUEZ/BSO
$$REQUESTED BY...ERIC NEISWANGER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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