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SPOT FORECAST FOR BUCKHORN FIRE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
745 PM PDT FRI OCT 1 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1659 PDT ON OCTOBER 01.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BRING
SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE INTO CENTRAL CALIFORNIA THROUGH SATURDAY
NIGHT AS IT REMAINS NEARLY STATIONARY OFF THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
COAST. THIS WILL KEEP A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER
THE BURN SITE. THE LOWER LEVELS ARE STILL DRY ENOUGH FOR A RISK OF
DRY LIGHTNING THROUGH SATURDAY. A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH WILL MOVE IN
FROM THE PACIFIC ON SUNDAY AND BRING COOLER TEMPERATURES AND
CONTINUED UNSETTLED WEATHER OVER THE REGION THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF
NEXT WEEK.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....69-71.
MIN HUMIDITY........29-31 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE 1-3 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 3-6 MPH BY 1000 PDT. ERRATIC
                    WINDS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 7-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 4000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 8 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....56-59.
MAX HUMIDITY........40-42 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...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 4-8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING 700 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 3 MPH.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....67-69.
MIN HUMIDITY........31-33 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE 1-3 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 4-8 MPH BY 1000 PDT. ERRATIC
                    WINDS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 9-12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 4000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 11 MPH.


FORECASTER...MOLINA

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REQUESTED BY...CHARLOTTE JORDAN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20101001.BUCKH.01/HNX