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SPOT FORECAST FOR SHEEP...SEKI
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
541 PM PDT TUE AUG 17 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1610 PDT ON AUGUST 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A DRY WEST TO SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL PREVAIL OVER
THE FIRE AREA THROUGH THE END OF THIS WEEK. HOWEVER...SOME MID LEVEL
MOISTURE WILL CREEP NORTHWARD OVER THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA ON
WEDNESDAY...BRINGING A THREAT OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE
CREST. TEMPERATURES WILL BE A FEW DEGREES LOWER ON WEDNESDAY THEN
LITTLE CHANGE UNTIL THE WEEKEND WHEN ADDITIONAL COOLING IS POSSIBLE.


.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY EARLY...BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY WITH
                    ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE SIERRA CREST.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 86.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 15-18 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....UPSLOPE/UPCANYON 3-7 MPH. GUSTS TO AROUND 12 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST TO WEST 5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 7000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 MPH EARLY...BECOMING MORE WESTERLY
                    BY AFTERNOON.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED EVENING THUNDERSTORMS
                    NEAR THE SIERRA CREST...BECOMING MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 47-50.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 70-75 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....DOWNSLOPE/DOWNCANYON 1-4 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST TO WEST 2-4 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO NEAR 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 4 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 84-86.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 12-18 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....UPSLOPE/UPCANYON 4-7 MPH. GUSTS TO AROUND 12 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST TO WEST 4-8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 6000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST TO WEST 8 MPH.


FORECASTER...HARTY
$$REQUESTED BY...IC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100817.SHEEP.01/HNX