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SPOT FORECAST FOR BULL...KERN COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
522 PM PDT MON JUL 26 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1629 PDT ON JULY 26.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL RESIDE ALONG THE WEST
COAST FOR MUCH OF THIS WEEK WHILE A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE
ANCHORS ITSELF OVER THE FOUR CORNERS AREA. A SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW
ALOFT WILL BRING IN SLIGHTLY LOWER RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AND A
MORE STABLE AIRMASS INTO THE REGION TONIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY...WITH
A DECREASING RISK FOR THUNDERSTORMS. A NORTHWARD INFLUX OF MID
LEVEL MOISTURE WILL OCCUR DURING MIDWEEK AS THE FOUR CORNERS RIDGE
TRIES TO BUILD WESTWARD. IN TURN...THIS WILL BRING A RENEWED
THREAT OF MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS TO THE
MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS BEGINNING ON WEDNESDAY...INCLUDING THE BULL
WILDFIRE SITE.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 70.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 40 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....SOUTH WINDS THIS EVENING 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    20 MPH...AFTER DARK WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST
                    5 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH SOUTHWEST 10-20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO 800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 10-20 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 100.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 6 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....NORTH WINDS 5 MPH IN THE MORNING...THEN BECOMING
                    SOUTH 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH 10-20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 9000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 10-15 MPH.

.TUESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 72.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 35 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....SOUTH WINDS 5-10 MPH IN THE EVENING THEN BECOMING
                    LIGHT FROM THE NORTH NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST 10-20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO 1000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH SOUTHEAST 10-15 MPH.


FORECASTER...BROTHERTON
$$REQUESTED BY...HEIDI DINKLER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100726.BULL_.01/HNX