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SPOT FORECAST FOR SHEEP...SEKI
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
217 PM PDT SAT AUG 21 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1327 PDT ON AUGUST 21.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A MINOR COOLING TREND WILL OCCUR THIS WEEKEND AS
AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVES INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. ALONG
WITH LOWER TEMPERATURES...RIDGE WINDS WILL BECOME BREEZY SUNDAY
AND SUNDAY NIGHT. MONDAY WILL BEGIN A WARMING TREND AS HIGH
PRESSURE REBUILDS OVER THE DISTRICT. MOISTURE FROM A MORE SOUTHERLY
FLOW ALOFT WILL ALSO PRODUCE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND
EVENING THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA ON WEDNESDAY
AND THURSDAY...MAINLY NEAR THE CREST.


.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 86-90.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 21-26 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE 2-5 MPH IN THE MORNING...BECOMING
                    UPSLOPE AFTER 0900 PDT...THEN NORTHWEST 3-8 MPH
                    AFTER 1100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 7-15 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING
                    INCREASING TO 15-25 MPH BY AFTERNOON. GUSTS UP
                    TO 45 MPH NEAR THE CREST IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 6000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 9 MPH.

.SUNDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 41-45.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 70-75 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 3-8 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING
                    BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 5 MPH AFTER 2100
                    PDT...THEN BECOMING EAST 3-5 MPH AFTER 0200 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 10-20 MPH IN THE EVENING EVENING
                    SOUTH 5-10 MPH AFTER 0200 PDT. GUSTS UP TO 35
                    MPH NEAR THE CREST IN THE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO LESS THAN 1000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 5 MPH.


FORECASTER...SANGER

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REQUESTED BY...IC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100821.SHEEP.01/HNX