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SPOT FORECAST FOR JORDAN...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
1103 PM PDT THU JUL 8 2010

#140-10

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 PDT ON JULY 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
HIGH PRESSURE FROM THE DESERT SOUTHWEST WILL RESULT IN HOT AND DRY
WEATHER CONDITIONS OVER THE BURN SITE. WESTERLY OR UPSLOPE WINDS
ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY LATE MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO AFTERNOON.
CUMULUS BUILDUPS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SIERRA DURING THE
AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES COULD SHIFT WINDS OUT OF
AN EASTERLY DIRECTION IF THEY MOVE DOWNSLOPE INTO THE BURN SITE
AREA LATE IN THE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING.


.TODAY (FRIDAY)...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....91-95.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-23 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 LWR SLP/VALLEY.....SOUTHEAST LESS THAN 5 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    BECOMING SOUTHWEST WINDS 2 TO 6 MPH BY
                    AFTERNOON.
 UPR SLP/RIDGETOP...VARIABLE LESS THAN 5 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST
                    5 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 4000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NEARLY CALM BECOMING SOUTHWEST 4 TO 8 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....59-64.
MAX HUMIDITY........45-50 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 LWR SLP/VALLEY.....NORTHWEST WINDS 3 TO 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    NORTHEAST TO EAST 2 TO 4 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
 UPR SLP/RIDGETOP...BECOMING NORTHEAST TO EAST 2 TO 5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO GROUND LEVEL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 3 TO 6 MPH BECOMING NORTHEAST.


FORECASTER...JHM
REQUESTED BY...PAT LAENG
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100708.JORDA.02/STO

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