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SPOT FORECAST FOR POST FIRE...FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
642 PM PDT WED SEP 1 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1437 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 01.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD
INLAND FROM THE EASTERN PACIFIC AND BRING WARMER AND DRIER WEATHER
OVER THE FIRE THROUGH SATURDAY. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND GENERALLY
TERRAIN DRIVEN THROUGH SATURDAY. FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY...EXPECT A
COOLING TREND WITH INCREASING WINDS DUE TO AN APPROACHING UPPER
LEVEL TROUGH.

.TODAY (THURSDAY)...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....89-91.
MIN HUMIDITY........11-16 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE/DOWNCANYON 1-3 MPH...BECOMING
                    UPSLOPE/UPCANYON 3-6 MPH BY 1100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTH 3-6 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING
                    BECOMING WEST 5-9 MPH BY AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT (THURSDAY NIGHT)...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....56-58.
MAX HUMIDITY........40-45 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE/UPCANYON 3-6 MPH...BECOMING
                    DOWNSLOPE/DOWNCANYON 1-3 MPH BY 2100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 5-9 MPH IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO
                    3-5 MPH OVERNIGHT.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....91-93.
MIN HUMIDITY........10-15 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE/DOWNCANYON 1-3 MPH...BECOMING
                    UPSLOPE/UPCANYON 3-6 MPH BY 1100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHWEST 3-5 MPH IN THE MORNING INCREASING
                    TO 5-9 MPH BY AFTERNOON.

.OUTLOOK FOR SATURDAY...
CLEAR. TEMPERATURES LITTLE CHANGE. MINIMUM RH LITTLE CHANGE.
WINDS...
   EYE LEVEL........DIURNAL SLOPE AND CANYON 3-6 MPH.
   RIDGES...........WEST 4-8 MPH.

FORECASTER...DS
$$REQUESTED BY...IC MIKE STRAWHUN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100901.POSTF.01/HNX