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SPOT FORECAST FOR SHEEP...SEKI/SQF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
426 PM PDT THU AUG 19 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1505 PDT ON AUGUST 19.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A SLIGHTLY COOLER AND DRIER AIRMASS WILL REMAIN OVER THE DISTRICT
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT IN THE WAKE OF AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH
OVER THE GREAT BASIN. A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD BACK
OVER THE DISTRICT ON FRIDAY AND BRING A FEW DEGREES OF WARMING
WITH SLIGHTLY LOWER RELATIVE HUMIDITIES. THEN LATE SATURDAY AND
INTO SUNDAY EXPECT ANOTHER MINOR COOLING TREND AS AN UPPER LEVEL
TROUGH MOVES INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND PUSHES THE HIGH
PRESSURE RIDGE EASTWARD.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 87.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 22-24 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....UPSLOPE/UPCANYON 5-8 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 12 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 4-8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST SOUTHWEST 8 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 45-50.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 80-85 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....DOWNSLOPE/DOWNCANYON 2-5 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO NEAR 500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 5 MPH.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 89-92.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 18-20 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....UPSLOPE/UPCANYON 5-7 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 12 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 7000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 10 MPH.


FORECASTER...BROTHERTON
$$REQUESTED BY...CA-SQF C-3
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100819.SHEEP.01/HNX