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SPOT FORECAST FOR POST...KERN COUNTY IC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
1147 AM PDT WED AUG 25 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1126 PDT ON AUGUST 25.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL LEAD TO HOT TEMPERATURES TODAY
AND THURSDAY OVER THE WILDFIRE LOCATION. SHALLOW MOISTURE
EMBEDDED IN MONSOON FLOW WILL WILL BRING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS TO THE NEARBY LA COUNTY
MOUNTAINS BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING
THURSDAY. ALTHOUGH THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT FORECAST DIRECTLY OVER
THE WILDFIRE SITE...NEARBY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY COULD PRODUCE
ERRATIC WINDS AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY DUE TO OUTFLOW. ON FRIDAY
TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO LOWER AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVES
INTO THE REGION. ON FRIDAY...GUSTY WEST OR SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL
DEVELOP AS COOLER MARINE AIR SPILLS OVER THE COASTAL MOUNTAIN
RANGES.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY...EARLY EVENING ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE NEARBY LA COUNTY MOUNTAINS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 70.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 35-40 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 5-10 MPH EARLY WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH...
                    BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNCANYON 3-5 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO 800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 4 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY WITH AFTERNOON ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE NEARBY LA COUNTY MOUNTAINS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 95-98.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 12-14 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE WINDS 3-5 MPH EARLY...BECOMING SOUTHWEST
                    5-10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 10-12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 10000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 8 MPH.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE
                    IN THE NEARBY LA COUNTY MOUNTAINS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 65.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 40-45 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE/DOWNCANYON 3-4 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH...INCREASING TO 15 MPH BY DAYBREAK.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO 800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5 MPH.



FORECASTER...BROTHERTON
$$REQUESTED BY...FBA BRENDAN RIPLEY
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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