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SPOT FORECAST FOR WEST...KERN COUNTY FIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
450 PM PDT WED JUL 28 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0857 PDT ON JULY 28.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...LITTLE CHANGE IS EXPECTED FOR THE BURN AREA
THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. SOME MID LEVEL MOISTURE MAY PRODUCE
A FEW AFTERNOON AND EVENING CUMULUS CLOUDS, HOWEVER NO
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE 1-2 DEGREES
WITH A DECREASE OF 1-3 PERCENT HUMIDITY.


.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 88-92.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 18-23 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....LIGHT BECOMING UPSLOPE 2-5 MPH BY 1000 PDT THEN
                    SHIFTING TO WEST TO NORTHWEST 7-14 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH 5-10 MPH IN THE MORNING SHIFTING TO WEST
                    10-15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 10,000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 15 MPH SHIFTING TO WEST 10 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....54-58 DEGREES.
MAX HUMIDITY........62-66 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....WEST TO NORTHWEST 7-15 MPH BECOMING
                    UPCANYON/UPSLOPE 1-3 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 10-15 MPH BECOMING LIGHT BY MIDNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO LESS THAN 1000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 10 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT.


FORECASTER...BINGHAM
$$REQUESTED BY...CAPTAIN JONATHAN TRAMMELL
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100728.WEST_.04/HNX