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

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1845 PDT ON AUGUST 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...MAINLY CLEAR SKIES WILL PREVAIL OVER THE FIRE AREA
TONIGHT. HOWEVER...SOME MID LEVEL MOISTURE WILL CREEP NORTHWARD
OVER THE SOUTHERN SIERRA 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.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 50-54.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 47-52 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....WEST 2-5 MPH IN THE EVENING...BECOMING VARIABLE
                    1-4 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 4-8 MPH IN THE EVENING...DECREASING TO 2-5
                    MPH AFTER 2100 PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO NEAR 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 5 MPH IN THE EVENING...BECOMING EASTERLY
                    AROUND 5 MPH AFTER 2100 PDT.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY EARLY...BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY WITH
                    ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE SIERRA CREST.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 80.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 18-21 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....WEST 4-8 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 5000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 MPH EARLY...BECOMING MORE WESTERLY
                    BY AFTERNOON.


FORECASTER...HARTY
$$REQUESTED BY...CA-SQF C-3
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100817.SHEEP.02/HNX