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SPOT FORECAST FOR BUCKHORN FIRE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
830 PM PDT THU SEP 30 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1930 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 30.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BRING SOME
SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE INTO CENTRAL CALIFORNIA OVER THE NEXT FEW
DAYS AS IT REMAINS NEARLY STATIONARY OFF THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
COAST. THIS WEATHER PATTERN WILL BRING A THREAT OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO THE BURN AREA THROUGH SATURDAY. WINDS WILL BE
TERRAIN DRIVEN...EXCEPT FOR STRONG AND ERRATIC WINDS NEAR
THUNDERSTORMS.


.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....74-76.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-18 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE 2-4 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 3-6 MPH BY 1000 PDT. ERRATIC
                    WINDS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH 6-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 4500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 8 MPH.

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....56-59.
MAX HUMIDITY........30-33 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST WINDS 3-5 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING
                    BECOMING DOWNSLOPE 1-3 MPH AFTER 2100 PDT.
                    ERRATIC WINDS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...EAST TO SOUTHEAST 4-8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING 700 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 3 MPH.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72-74.
MIN HUMIDITY........17-19 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE 1-3 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 2-4 MPH BY 1000 PDT. ERRATIC
                    WINDS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 4-8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 4000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 6 MPH.


FORECASTER...MOLINA

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REQUESTED BY...CHARLOTTE JORDAN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100930.BUCKH.01/HNX