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SPOT FORECAST FOR BUCKHORN FIRE...SIERRA NF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
1149 PM PDT SAT OCT 2 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2100 PDT ON OCTOBER 02.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

DISCUSSION...A HUMID AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS OVER THE DISTRICT WILL
COMBINE WITH AN APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE TROUGH FROM THE PACIFIC.
THIS WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE UNSETTLE CONDITIONS OVER THE FIRE AREA
WITH A THREAT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INTO MONDAY. WINDS WILL
BE ON THE INCREASE MONDAY ALONG WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND SLIGHT
                    CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....67-70.
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 10-12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 5000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 11 MPH.

.SUNDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE EVENING. SCATTERED SHOWERS THROUGH THE
                    NIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....42-45.
MAX HUMIDITY........50-55 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 4-9 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING
                    BECOMING DOWNSLOPE 1-3 MPH AFTER 2100 PDT.
                    ERRATIC WINDS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH 8-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING 900 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 5 MPH.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS THROUGH THE
                    DAY. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....60-63.
MIN HUMIDITY........41-43 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH 5-9 MPH. ERRATIC
                    WINDS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 12-15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 6000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 15 MPH.

FORECASTER...VASQUEZ
$$REQUESTED BY...CHARLOTTE JORDAN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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