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SPOT FORECAST FOR CREEK...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
105 AM PDT FRI JUL 16 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0018 PDT ON JULY 16.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...SOUTHERLY FLOW AROUND A RIDGE WILL CONTINUE TO BRING
SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE INTO THE DISTRICT TODAY. THIS WILL PROVIDE
FUEL FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE BURN SITE THROUGH SATURDAY.
ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE DISTRICT
THROUGH THE WEEKEND. AN UPPER TROUGH DROPPING SOUTH THROUGH THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL BRING DRIER WESTERLY FLOW STARTING SUNDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH LATE MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....74-76 THIS MORNING...MAX 101-103 THIS AFTERNOON.
MIN HUMIDITY........50-52 THIS MORNING...MIN 19-21 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS UP TO 4-7 MPH EARLY THIS
                    EARLY MORNING INCREASING TO WEST 7-12 MPH AFTER
                    0900 PDT THIS MORNING WITH GUSTS TO 16 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHWEST 10-15 MPH THIS MORNING...INCREASING
                    TO 11-18 MPH AFTER 1100 PDT WITH GUSTS TO
                    20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......AROUND 900 FEET AGL THIS MORNING...RISING TO
                    6000 FEET AGL THIS AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 18 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING CLEAR. SLIGHT
                    CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....72-74.
MAX HUMIDITY........55-58 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....NORTHWEST WINDS 7-12 MPH EARLY IN THE EARLY
                    EVENING BECOMING NORTH 4-8 MPH EARLY IN THE
                    EARLY EVENING.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHWEST 8-12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO 1000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 8 MPH.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....103-105.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-20 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....NORTH WINDS 3-6 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING
                    SHIFTING TO THE WEST 6-10 MPH LATE IN THE EARLY
                    MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO NORTHWEST 9-15 MPH
                    LATE BY AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHWEST 9-13
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 6000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 14 MPH.


FORECASTER...MOLINA

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REQUESTED BY...S  GRIFFIN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100716.CREEK.01/HNX