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SPOT FORECAST FOR SHEEP...SEKI/SQF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
556 PM PDT FRI SEP 3 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1714 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 03.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER
THE REGION KEEPING WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS IN PLACE THROUGH SATURDAY.
POOR NIGHTTIME HUMIDITY RECOVERIES WILL CONTINUE OVER THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND GENERALLY TERRAIN DRIVEN DURING
THIS PERIOD.  A COOLING TREND WILL BEGIN SUNDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH SETTLES OVER THE STATE. IN ADDITION
TO HIGHER HUMIDITIES...THE TROUGH WILL BRING GUSTY WINDS AT TIMES
OVER THE RIDGES AND THROUGH AND BELOW MOUNTAIN PASSES AND CANYONS
SUNDAY AND INTO LABOR DAY.

NOTE...MIXING HEIGHTS AND TRANSPORT WINDS MEASURED FROM THE BASE
       OF THE FIRE.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....BASE 87-91.            TOP 76-80.
MIN HUMIDITY........BASE 15-20 PERCENT.    TOP 17-22 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE LESS THAN 5 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING
                    BECOMING UPSLOPE 3-7 MPH AFTER 0900 PDT...
                    THEN UPCANYON 4-9 MPH AFTER 1300 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 3-6 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING
                    INCREASING TO 5-12 MPH BY AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 8000 FEET ABOVE BASE OF THE FIRE.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 7 MPH.

.SATURDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....BASE 46-50.            TOP 42-46.
MAX HUMIDITY........BASE 65-70 PERCENT.    TOP 50-55 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST WINDS 3-9 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING
                    BECOMING DOWNSLOPE 2-6 MPH AFTER 2100 PDT...
                    THEN VARIABLE LESS THAN 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 5-15 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING SHIFTING TO
                    THE SOUTHWEST.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO 3700 FEET ABOVE BASE OF THE FIRE...
                    BELOW TOP OF THE FIRE.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 7 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING NORTHEAST
                    3 MPH OVERNIGHT.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....BASE 83-87.             TOP 69-73.
MIN HUMIDITY........BASE 17-22 PERCENT.     TOP 20-25 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE LESS THAN 5 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING
                    BECOMING UPSLOPE 3-7 MPH AFTER 0900 PDT...
                    THEN WEST 5-12 MPH AFTER 1300 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 10-20 MPH. GUSTS TO 40 MPH OVER THE CREST.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 7000 FEET ABOVE BASE OF THE FIRE.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 15 MPH.


FORECASTER...SANGER

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REQUESTED BY...ASH MOUNTAIN FIRE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100903.SHEEP.01/HNX