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SPOT FORECAST FOR BULL FIRE...USFS SQF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
214 PM PDT TUE JUL 27 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1151 PDT ON JULY 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A WEAK 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 NORTHWARD INFLUX OF MID LEVEL
MOISTURE WILL OCCUR WEDNESDAY AS THE FOUR CORNERS RIDGE TRIES TO
BUILD WESTWARD. THIS WILL BRING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND
EVENING THUNDERSTORMS TO THE FIRE AREA WEDNESDAY. BY THURSDAY THE
MOISTURE WILL BE PUSHED EASTWARD AGAIN...LIMITING THE CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS TO THE SIERRA CREST TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE
FIRE.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 66-70.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 35-40 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....SOUTHWEST TO WEST 5-8 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 18 MPH
                    ...DECREASING AFTER 2000 PDT AND TRANSITIONING
                    TO DOWNCANYON 3-7 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 10-15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO 800 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 MPH EARLY EVENING...BECOMING
                    NORTH AND DECREASING TO 3 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT
                    CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 94-98.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 12-16 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....DOWNCANYON 3-5 MPH EARLY MORNING...BECOMING
                    UPSLOPE 2-6 MPH AFTER 0800 PDT...THEN UPCANYON
                    4-9 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH AFTER 1100 PDT.
                    WINDS MAY BECOME STRONG AND ERRATIC NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH 7-12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 9000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 10 MPH.


.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF A SHOWER OR
                    THUNDERSTORM IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 64-69.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 52-58 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....SOUTHWEST TO WEST 4-9 MPH...SHIFTING TO
                    DOWNCANYON 3-7 MPH AFTER 2100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH 5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO 1000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 MPH EARLY EVENING...BECOMING
                    NORTH AND DECREASING TO 3 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.


.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 94-98.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 10-14 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....DOWNCANYON 3-5 MPH EARLY MORNING...TRANSITIONING
                    TO UPSLOPE 2-5 MPH AFTER 0800 PDT...THEN UPCANYON
                    TO 4-9 MPH AFTER 1100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH 5-10 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING SOUTHWEST
                    5-10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 8000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 7 MPH.



FORECASTER...BEAN

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REQUESTED BY...SCOTT WILLIAMS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100727.BULLF.01/HNX