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SPOT FORECAST FOR BUCKHORN FIRE...BASS LAKE RD SNF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
809 PM PDT SAT SEP 11 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1702 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 11.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A WEAK TROUGH OFF THE COAST WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA ON SUNDAY SETTING UP A DRY SOUTHWEST TO WEST FLOW ALOFT
OVER THE DISTRICT WHICH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH NEXT WEEK. EXPECT
LITTLE DAY TO DAY CHANGE IN TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITIES. WINDS
WILL GENERALLY BE LIGHT AND TERRAIN DRIVEN.


.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....62-66.
MIN HUMIDITY........19-23 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE LESS THAN 5 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    BECOMING SOUTHWEST 4-8 MPH BY AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH 3-6 MPH IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO
                    SOUTHWEST 6-11 MPH BY AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 6500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 13 MPH.

.SUNDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....39-43.
MAX HUMIDITY........45-50 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 4-8 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    VARIABLE LESS THAN 5 MPH AFTER 2100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 7-12 MPH IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO
                    3-6 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 6 MPH.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....60-64.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-22 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE LESS THAN 5 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 4-7 MPH BY AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 8-12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 5500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 12 MPH.

.EXTENDED OUTLOOK...
.TUESDAY...
CLEAR. TEMPERATURES DOWN 1-3 DEGREES. MINIMUM RH DOWN 1-3 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS...
   SLOPES...........SOUTHWEST 3-6 MPH.
   RIDGES...........SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...
MOSTLY CLEAR. TEMPERATURES LITTLE CHANGE. MINIMUM RH LITTLE
CHANGE.
20-FOOT WINDS...
   SLOPES...........SOUTHWEST 4-8 MPH.
   RIDGES...........SOUTHWEST 7-12 MPH.

.THURSDAY...
MOSTLY CLEAR. TEMPERATURES LITTLE CHANGE. MINIMUM RH LITTLE
CHANGE.
20-FOOT WINDS...
   SLOPES...........SOUTHWEST 3-6 MPH.
   RIDGES...........SOUTHWEST 4-7 MPH.

.EXTENDED DISCUSSION...A WEAK RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL PREVAIL OVER
THE AREA THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT WEEK WITH GENERALLY LITTLE CHANGE IN
TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITY. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT AND TERRAIN
DRIVEN THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. ANOTHER WEAK TROUGH WILL PASS THROUGH
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA ON WEDNESDAY WHEN SOUTHWEST WINDS COULD INCREASE
SLIGHTLY...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING.


FORECASTER...OCHS
$$REQUESTED BY...BURT STALTER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100911.BUCKH.01/HNX