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SPOT FORECAST FOR SHEEP...SEKI/SQF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
551 PM PDT SUN AUG 22 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1656 PDT ON AUGUST 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL EXIT INTO THE GREAT BASIN
TONIGHT. IN ITS WAKE...A STRONG UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL BUILD INTO
CALIFORNIA MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AND BRING SIGNIFICANTLY WARMER
TEMPERATURES AND LOWER HUMIDITIES TO THE FIRE WITH POOR RECOVERIES
AT NIGHT. LIGHT WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THE PERIOD.


.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....88-93.
MIN HUMIDITY........13-17 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE 2-3 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST WINDS 4-7 MPH BECOMING WEST 4-7 MPH
                    AFTER 1100 PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO ABOUT 9500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST TO SOUTHEAST 5 MPH.

.MONDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....50-55.
MAX HUMIDITY........27-32 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE 2-3 MPH UNTIL 1900 PDT BECOMING
                    DOWNSLOPE 2-3 MPH BY 2100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 4-7 MPH BECOMING EAST 5-9 MPH BY 2000 PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 6 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....90-95.
MIN HUMIDITY........13-17 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE 2-3 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...EAST 4-7 MPH BECOMING WEST 5-9 MPH BY NOON PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO ABOUT 10,000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 6 MPH.


FORECASTER...DURFEE
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REQUESTED BY...CA-SQF C-3
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100822.SHEEP.01/HNX