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SPOT FORECAST FOR BUCKHORN FIRE...BASS LAKE RD SNF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
846 PM PDT THU OCT 7 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2013 PDT ON OCTOBER 07.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A WARMING TREND WILL BEGIN TODAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE
WEEKEND AS HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT BUILDS INTO CALIFORNIA. TEMPERATURES WILL
SHOW A MARKED WARMING AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL TREND DOWNWARD. NEXT
WEEK A MINOR WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE BURN AREA ON MONDAY
HOWEVER THE FORECAST WILL REMAIN DRY WITH NORMAL DIURNAL TERRAIN DRIVEN
WINDS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 56-58.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 35-40 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE/UPCANYON 2-4 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 6-9 MPH
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO AROUND 5000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 8 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 35-40.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 88-93 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE/DOWNCANYON 1-3 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 9-12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO AROUND 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 2 MPH.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 63-65.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 25-29 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE/UPCANYON 2-4 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHEAST 3-6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO AROUND 6000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 9 MPH.

.EXTENDED FORECAST FOR NEXT WEEK...CONTINUED DRY WITH SOME HIGH CLOUDS
ON MONDAY AS A WEAK SYSTEM PASSES THROUGH THE AREA. NO EXTREMES OF
WIND WITH DIURNAL TERRAIN DRIVEN WINDS PREVAILING. TEMPERATURES GENERALLY
IN THE MID 60S FOR HIGHS AND 38-42 FOR LOWS. RELATIVE HUMIDITY MAXIMUMS
80-85 PERCENT WITH MINIMUMS GENERALLY AROUND 30 PERCENT.


FORECASTER...DUDLEY
$$REQUESTED BY...BURT STALTER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20101007.BUCKH.01/HNX