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SPOT FORECAST FOR HERSHEY...CAL-FIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
215 PM PDT SUN JUL 18 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1332 PDT ON JULY 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A FLAT UPPER-LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES WILL
KEEP TEMPERATURES ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH MONDAY. AN UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH
IS FORECAST TO REACH THE WEST COAST BEGINNING TUESDAY...LOWERING
TEMPERATURES TO NEAR NORMAL FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. THE
AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO DRY...WITH ONLY A FEW AFTERNOON AND EVENING
CLOUDS OVER THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA CREST.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....97-101.
MIN HUMIDITY........16-21 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....UPSLOPE/UPCANYON 4-9 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST TO NORTHWEST 5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 7500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST TO NORTHWEST 9 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....69-74.
MAX HUMIDITY........53-58 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....UPSLOPE/UPCANYON 3-8 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING
                    BECOMING DOWNSLOPE 2-5 MPH AFTER 2100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 4-8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 7 MPH.


FORECASTER...SANGER

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REQUESTED BY...STAN MACHADO
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100718.HERSH.01/HNX