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SPOT FORECAST FOR SLICKROCK RX PILE BURN...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
911 PM PDT WED OCT 27 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PDT ON OCTOBER 28.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT BASIN...AT THE SURFACE
AND ALOFT...WILL KEEP DRY WEATHER AND A WEAK OFFSHORE FLOW OVER
THE BURN AREA THROUGH THURSDAY. WARMER AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES AND
SLIGHTLY LOWER HUMIDITIES WILL OCCUR AS A RESULT. AN UPPER LEVEL
TROUGH WILL DEEPEN OFF THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA COAST AND BRING A
SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON WITH A BETTER CHANCE
FRIDAY NIGHT AS THE TROUGH MOVES INLAND.


.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SCATTERED HIGH CLOUDS...OTHERWISE MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 56-58.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 23-28 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....EAST TO SOUTHEAST 0-2 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    UPSLOPE 0-3 MPH AFTER 1200 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH 3-7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 3000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST TO SOUTH 10 MPH.


FORECASTER...HARTY
$$REQUESTED BY...DAVID ERNST   ROBERT SANDERS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20101028.SLICK.01/HNX