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SPOT FORECAST FOR BUCKHORN FIRE...BASS LAKE RD SNF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
854 PM PDT FRI SEP 17 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1648 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A DRY SOUTHWEST TO WEST FLOW ALOFT WILL PREVAIL OVER
THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN TEMPERATURES AND
HUMIDITY. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL PUSH INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
AND BRING A COOLING TREND TO THE FIRE SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 70-73.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 12-16 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 2-5 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 3-7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 2000-3000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....CALM BECOMING SOUTHWEST 6 MPH.

.SATURDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 45-50.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 38-43 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 1-3 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 2-7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 6 MPH BECOMING CALM.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 65-70.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 15-20 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 2-5 MPH IN THE
                    MORNING...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 3-7 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 2-6 MPH INCREASING TO 7-12 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 3000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....CALM BECOMING SOUTHWEST 10 MPH.


FORECASTER...BINGHAM
$$REQUESTED BY...BURT STALTER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100917.BUCKH.01/HNX