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SPOT FORECAST FOR ICE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
1120 AM PDT WED OCT 6 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1010 PDT ON OCTOBER 06.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL REMAIN OVER
CENTRAL CALIFORNIA THROUGH TONIGHT AND BRING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AN AFTERNOON OR EVENING THUNDERSTORM TO
THE TO THE BURN AREA. ALTHOUGH THE UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL BEGIN TO
MOVE INTO THE GREAT BASIN THURSDAY...THE THREAT OF SHOWERS WILL
LINGER INTO THURSDAY EVENING. A DAY TO DAY WARMING TREND WILL
BEGIN FRIDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS A RIDGE OF HIGH
PRESSURE ALOFT BUILDS INTO CALIFORNIA. TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN TO
SEASONABLE LEVELS BY SATURDAY WITH MUCH LOWER HUMIDITIES.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT
                    CHANCE OF AN AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORM.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 49-51.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 50-55 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 3-7 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST 10-15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO ABOUT 5000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 12 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. A SLIGHT
                    CHANCE OF AN EVENING THUNDERSTORM.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 35-38.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX NEAR 100 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 3-6 MPH BECOMING BECOMING VARIABLE
                    1-3 MPH AFTER 2100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH 5-10 MPH...SHIFTING TO SOUTHWEST
                    3-7 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......AROUND 2000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 5 MPH SHIFTING TO NORTH 3 MPH AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 50-55.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 50-55 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS IN THE EARLY MORNING BECOMING WEST
                    3-5 MPH AFTER 0900 PDT...THEN SHIFTING TO THE
                    NORTHWEST 4-8 MPH AFTER 1300 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST TO NORTHWEST 5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO ABOUT 4000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST-NORTHWEST 6 MPH.


FORECASTER...BEAN

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REQUESTED BY...NICKIE WASHINGTON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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