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SPOT FORECAST FOR SHEEP...SEKI/SQF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
454 PM PDT SAT SEP 11 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1535 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.....BASE 80-83                TOP 70-74.
MIN HUMIDITY........BASE 20-25 PERCENT.       TOP 17-22 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE 3-6 MPH IN THE MORNING SHIFTING TO
                    UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 4-8 MPH AFTER 1000 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 7-12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 7000 FEET ABOVE BASE OF THE FIRE.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 7 MPH.

.SUNDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....BASE 40-44                 TOP 34-38.
MAX HUMIDITY........BASE 67-71 PERCENT         TOP 64-69 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 4-8 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    SHIFTING TO DOWNSLOPE 3-6 MPH AFTER 2100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 7-12 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING
                    SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST 3-6 MPH OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO 4000 FEET ABOVE BASE OF THE
                    FIRE...BELOW THE TOP OF THE FIRE.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 9 MPH.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....BASE 75-79.                TOP 65-69.
MIN HUMIDITY........BASE 23-28 PERCENT.        TOP 20-25 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE WINDS 3-6 MPH SHIFTING TO
                    UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY AFTER 1000 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 6-9 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 6500 FEET ABOVE BASE OF THE FIRE.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 7 MPH.


FORECASTER...OCHS
$$REQUESTED BY...ASH MOUNTIAN FIRE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100911.SHEEP.02/HNX