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SPOT FORECAST FOR SILLIMAN...NPS-SEKI
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
1131 PM PDT TUE JUL 20 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PDT ON JULY 21.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN UPPER TROUGH WILL DROP OUT OF THE GULF OF ALASKA
AND PUSHES THROUGH THE REGION TODAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN A COOLING
TREND AT THE BURN SITE WITH A SLIGHT UPWARD TREND IN HUMIDITIES
THROUGH THURSDAY. A DRY WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL PREVAIL OVER THE
AREA THROUGH THURSDAY...PREVENTING ANY SIGNIFICANT CONVECTIVE
DEVELOPMENT FROM OCCURRING OVER THE BURN SITE.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AT IGNITION 59-61...MAX 75-77.
MIN HUMIDITY........AT IGNITION 55-57 PERCENT...MIN 29-31 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....LIGHT WINDS EARLY IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    SOUTHWESTERLY 1-3 AFTER 0800 PDT...BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST TO WEST 4-7 MPH AFTER 1100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST TO WEST 7-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......AT IGNITION AROUND 500 FEET AGL...RISING TO
                    3000 FEET AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....54-57.
MAX HUMIDITY........58-60 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....WEST TO SOUTHWEST 4-7 MPH DURING THE EVENING.
                    DECREASING TO NORTHEAST TO EAST 1-3 MPH AFTER
                    2300 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST 3-5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO 200 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 4 MPH.

.OUTLOOK FOR THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-75.
MIN HUMIDITY........31-33 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....LIGHT WINDS EARLY IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST TO WEST 3-6 MPH LATE IN THE EARLY
                    MORNING.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 6-9 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 3000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 7 MPH.


FORECASTER...MOLINA

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REQUESTED BY...IC
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100721.SILLI.01/HNX