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SPOT FORECAST FOR SHEEP...SEKI
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
355 PM PDT SAT SEP 25 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1549 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...LOW HUMIDITIES WITH POOR OVERNIGHT HUMIDITIES THROUGH THE
MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK...

.DISCUSSION...A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE AND A WEAK OFFSHORE WIND
PATTERN WILL DOMINATE THE WEATHER THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.
THIS WILL PROVIDE WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND VERY LOW
HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE DISTRICT. NIGHTTIME HUMIDITY RECOVERY WILL
BE POOR...ESPECIALLY ALONG THERMAL BELTS AND AT THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS. THE OFFSHORE FLOW WILL BE LIGHT AND SURFACE WINDS
WILL BE GENERALLY TERRAIN DRIVEN. AN UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH WILL
APPROACH THE COAST TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK...BRINGING COOLER
TEMPERATURES AND HIGHER HUMIDITIES.

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

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX BASE 85-89           TOP 76-80.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN BASE 14-19 PERCENT   TOP 10-15 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....EAST WINDS 3-6 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING
                    SHIFTING TO THE WEST LATE IN THE EARLY MORNING.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH 3-6 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING SHIFTING TO
                    THE SOUTHWEST 3-7 MPH BY THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 7000 FEET ABOVE BASE OF FIRE.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 2 MPH.

.SUNDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN BASE 47-51            TOP 40-44.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX BASE 54-59 PERCENT    TOP 38-43 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST WINDS 3-6 MPH EARLY IN THE EARLY EVENING
                    SHIFTING TO THE EAST 3-5 MPH EARLY IN THE EARLY
                    EVENING...THEN INCREASING TO 3-8 MPH LATE IN
                    THE EARLY EVENING.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTH 3-6 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING SHIFTING TO
                    THE SOUTHEAST.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO 3500 FEET ABOVE BASE OF FIRE.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 5 MPH.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX BASE 89-93            TOP 81-84.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN BASE 13-17 PERCENT    TOP 7-12 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....EAST WINDS 3-6 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING
                    SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST UP TO 4 MPH LATE IN
                    THE EARLY MORNING...THEN SHIFTING TO THE WEST
                    3-6 MPH LATE BY AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST 3-5 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING SHIFTING
                    TO THE SOUTH BY THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 7500 FEET ABOVE BASE OF FIRE.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 3 MPH.


FORECASTER...SANGER

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REQUESTED BY...IC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100924.SHEEP.01/HNX