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SPOT FORECAST FOR POST...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
851 PM PDT THU AUG 26 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0748 PDT ON AUGUST 26.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE TROUGH WILL
BRING A DRAMATIC COOL DOWN BEGINNING FRIDAY...ALONG WITH
INCREASING RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES. TEMPERATURES WILL BE WELL
BELOW NORMAL ACROSS THE DISTRICT BY THE WEEKEND. GUSTY SOUTHWEST
WINDS MAY AFFECT THE WILDFIRE SITE BY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO
SATURDAY.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 60.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 40-50 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 5-10 MPH EARLY...THEN BECOMING
                    DOWNSLOPE/DOWNCANYON 3-5 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 10 MPH DECREASING TO 5 MPH OR LESS OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5 MPH.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 88-90.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 16-20 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT UPSLOPE IN THE MORNING...BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH AROUND 1300 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 10 MPH.
                    GUSTY WINDS TO 15 MPH POSSIBLE AFTER 1500 PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......9000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 8 MPH.

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 50-55.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 45-50 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 10-15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5 MPH.


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