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SPOT FORECAST FOR ICE BURN RE MTN PILES...USFS SQF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
645 PM PST FRI NOV 19 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 PST ON NOVEMBER 20.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
TONIGHT AND SATURDAY SPREADING PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE REGION.
THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A COLD UPPER LEVEL LOW THAT WILL MOVE
THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. AS THE LOW SHIFTS SOUTH BY
SUNDAY MORNING...SNOW LEVELS WILL RAPIDLY LOWER TO BELOW THE
ELEVATION OF THE BURN SITE. UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL CONTINUE INTO
THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK.


.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SNOW IN THE MORNING...THEN A CHANCE OF
                    SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....31-35.
MIN HUMIDITY........75-85 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 3-8 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING
                    SHIFTING TO THE WEST 5-10 MPH BY THE AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 8-16 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 2000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 16 MPH.

.SATURDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SNOW.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....25-29.
MAX HUMIDITY........95-100 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST WINDS 3-8 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING
                    INCREASING TO 8-16 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST TO WEST 5-15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 16 MPH.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SNOW.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....26-30.
MIN HUMIDITY........80-90 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST WINDS 8-16 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING
                    DECREASING TO 6-12 MPH BY THE AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 10-20 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING
                    SHIFTING TO THE WEST 8-16 MPH BY THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 3000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 20 MPH.


.EXTENDED FORECAST...
.MONDAY...
MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW. TEMPERATURES UP 2-4
DEGREES. MINIMUM RH DOWN 10-20 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS...
   SLOPES...........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 8-15 MPH.
   RIDGES...........WEST 12-27 MPH.

.TUESDAY...
PARTLY CLOUDY. TEMPERATURES LITTLE CHANGE. MINIMUM RH DOWN 2-8
PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS...
   SLOPES...........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 10-20 MPH.
   RIDGES...........NORTHWEST 9-23 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...
MOSTLY CLEAR. TEMPERATURES UP 1-3 DEGREES. MINIMUM RH DOWN 5-11
PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS...
   SLOPES...........NORTHEAST TO EAST 5-11 MPH.
   RIDGES...........EAST 5-12 MPH.


FORECASTER...SANGER

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