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SPOT FORECAST FOR POST...KCFD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
242 PM PDT FRI AUG 27 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1241 PDT ON AUGUST 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...SIGNIFICANT COOLING ACCOMPANIED BY INCREASING RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES AND STRONGER WINDS SATURDAY CAN BE EXPECTED AS A LOW
PRESSURE TROUGH MOVES OVER THE FIRE THIS WEEKEND.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 52-56.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 55-65 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST WINDS 3-5 MPH...BECOMING
                    DOWNSLOPE/DOWNCANYON 1-3 MPH AFTER 2000 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 10-15 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING DECREASING
                    TO 5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO LESS THAN 500 FT AGL OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 4 MPH.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 72-77.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 20-25 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE 1-3 MPH...BECOMING NORTHWEST 8-12 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO 18 MPH AFTER 1000 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 3-9 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING. INCREASING
                    TO 10-18 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 5500 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 12 MPH.

.SATURDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 44-48.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 70-80 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST 8-12 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 10-20 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING. DECREASING
                    TO 5-15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO LESS THAN 500 FT AGL OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 8 MPH.

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