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SPOT FORECAST FOR JUNCTION...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
208 PM PDT FRI JUL 30 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1309 PDT ON JULY 30.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
ONLY VERY SLIGHT CHANGES IN THE WEATHER PATTERN ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE
WEEKEND.  A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST AND A WEAK UPPER
LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL KEEP THE DISTRICT UNDER
A DRY SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY. ONLY MINOR
CHANGES IN DAY TO DAY TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITIES WILL OCCUR. NORMAL
SLOPE AND VALLEY WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO INCREASE THROUGH TOMORROW.


.TONIGHT...

MIN TEMPERATURE.....54-57.
MAX HUMIDITY........60 TO 65 PERCENT IN LOWER VALLEYS AND AROUND 45
                    PERCENT MID AND UPPER SLOPES.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....WEST WINDS 4-8 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING
                    SHIFTING TO THE EAST 3-5 MPH AFTER 2000 PDT.
SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....82-85.
MIN HUMIDITY........19-24 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....SOUTHEAST WINDS 3-6 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING
                    SHIFTING TO THE WEST 4-9 MPH BY AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 6-12 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUSTS TO
                    16 MPH FROM 1400 THROUGH 1800 PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT........7000 FEET
TRANSPORT WINDS..... SOUTHWEST 8 MPH.


FORECASTER...LARRY GREISS
$$REQUESTED BY...SAM MAROUK
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100730.JUNCT.01/HNX