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SPOT FORECAST FOR SLICKROCK RX PILE BURN...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
918 PM PDT TUE OCT 26 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PDT ON OCTOBER 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
SOME LINGERING LOW CLOUDS MAY STILL BE PRESENT IN THE MORNING BUT A
DRIER OFFSHORE FLOW SHOULD RESULT IN MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES OVER THE BURN
AREA BY AFTERNOON. DRY AND MILD CONDITIONS EXPECTED ON THURSDAY THEN
AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL DEEPEN OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST AND BRING
INCREASING CLOUDS AND A CHANCE FOR RAIN BY FRIDAY.


.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........LOW CLOUDS POSSIBLE IN THE MORNING...OTHERWISE
                    MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 50-53.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 36-41 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....EAST 0-2 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING SOUTHWEST TO
                    WEST 1-3 MPH AFTER 1200 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...EAST TO SOUTHEAST 2-4 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    SOUTH 3-6 MPH AFTER 1200 PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 2500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 3 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING SOUTH 5
                    MPH AFTER 1200 PDT.


FORECASTER...HARTY
$$REQUESTED BY...DAVID ERNST   ROBERT SANDERS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20101027.SLICK.02/HNX