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SPOT FORECAST FOR SHEEP...SEKI
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
437 PM PDT SUN SEP 26 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1603 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 26.
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 WEAK OFFSHORE FLOW
WILL DOMINATE THE WEATHER THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.
THIS WILL PROVIDE WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND VERY LOW
HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE BURN AREA. NIGHTTIME HUMIDITY RECOVERY WILL
BE POOR. 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. THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE
OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE SOUTHERN SIERRA
NEVADA CREST ON FRIDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. AREAS OF SMOKE.
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.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR. AREAS OF SMOKE.
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.

.TUESDAY...

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...BARLOW
$$REQUESTED BY...IC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100926.SHEEP.02/HNX