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SPOT FORECAST FOR SHEEP...SEKI
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
405 PM PDT MON SEP 27 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1510 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...LOW HUMIDITIES WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES THROUGH MIDWEEK...

.DISCUSSION...LOW HUMIDITY WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERY...ESPECIALLY
ALONG THERMAL BELTS AND AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...WILL CONTINUE AS
A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE AND WEAK OFFSHORE FLOW DOMINATE THE WEATHER
PATTERN. THE OFFSHORE FLOW WILL REMAIN LIGHT AND SURFACE WINDS WILL
BE TERRAIN DRIVEN. AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH APPROACH THE COAST TOWARD
THE END OF THE WEEK...BRINGING COOLER TEMPERATURES AND HIGHER
HUMIDITIES. IN ADDITION...THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON
AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA CREST ON
THURSDAY...SPREADING OVER THE MOUNTAINS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

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


.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX BASE 91-95           TOP 82-86.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN BASE 12-17 PERCENT   TOP 15-20 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....EAST 2-5 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING...BECOMING
                    UPSLOPE 3-7 MPH AFTER 0900 PDT...THEN BECOMING
                    WEST 4-9 MPH AFTER 1300 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...EAST 3-6 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING SHIFTING TO
                    THE SOUTHWEST 3-7 MPH BY THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 9000 FEET ABOVE BASE OF FIRE.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 4 MPH.

.TUESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN BASE 46-50           TOP 43-47.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX BASE 40-45 PERCENT   TOP 55-60 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST 3-7 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING...BECOMING
                    DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2-5 MPH AFTER 2000 PDT...
                    THEN BECOMING EAST 2-5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHWEST 3-8 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING SHIFTING
                    TO THE EAST 3-6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO 3000 FEET ABOVE BASE OF FIRE...
                    BELOW TOP OF FIRE.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 5 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX BASE 91-95           TOP 82-86.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN BASE 16-21 PERCENT   TOP 20-25 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....EAST 2-5 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING...BECOMING
                    UPSLOPE 3-7 MPH AFTER 0900 PDT...THEN BECOMING
                    WEST 4-9 MPH BY 1400 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...EAST 3-6 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING SHIFTING TO
                    THE SOUTH 3-5 MPH BY THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 8500 FEET ABOVE BASE OF FIRE.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 3 MPH.


FORECASTER...SANGER

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REQUESTED BY...IC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100927.SHEEP.01/HNX