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SPOT FORECAST FOR BUCKHORN FIRE...SIERRA ECC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
603 AM PDT SAT AUG 28 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2347 PDT ON AUGUST 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A DRAMATIC COOLING TREND WILL CONTINUE TODAY AS AN
UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVES ONSHORE. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL ALSO
INCREASE. A STRONGER TROUGH WILL CROSS THE FIRE AREA ON
SUNDAY...FURTHER LOWERING TEMPERATURES. THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT
CHANCE OF SHOWERS TONIGHT...WITH SHOWERS AND AFTERNOON AND EVENING
THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY. A WARMING TREND WITH LOWERING
HUMIDITIES WILL BEGIN MONDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS REBUILDING
OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN U.S.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....56-58.
MIN HUMIDITY........35-40 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE/UPCANYON 3-7 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING
                    INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH BY AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 4-8 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING INCREASING
                    TO 10-20 MPH BY AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 7000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 20 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....32-34.
MAX HUMIDITY........80-85 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING
                    DECREASING TO 3-7 MPH OVERNIGHT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 10-20 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 8-16 MPH OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO AROUND 1000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 7 MPH.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1200 PDT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....53-55.
MIN HUMIDITY........38-43 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 3-7 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING INCREASING
                    TO 10-20 MPH BY AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 8-16 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING INCREASING
                    TO 10-20 MPH BY AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 7000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 12 MPH.


FORECASTER...DS
$$REQUESTED BY...BURT STALTER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100827.BUCKH.01/HNX