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SPOT FORECAST FOR VISALIA FLOOD...VISALIA FIRE DEPARTMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
731 AM PST TUE DEC 21 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0710 PST ON DECEMBER 21.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A MOIST SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT CONTINUES AHEAD OF AN
APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN PACIFIC. THERE IS ONLY
A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS OVER THE VALLEY TODAY WITH LITTLE IF ANY
RAINFALL EXPECTED. A BETTER CHANCE FOR RAIN WILL ARRIVE OVERNIGHT AND
INTO WEDNESDAY AS THE TROUGH MOVES INLAND. DRY CONDITIONS RETURN FOR
THURSDAY THROUGH CHRISTMAS EVE AS A WEAK RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE MOVES
OVER CENTRAL CALIFORNIA. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BRING A
GOOD CHANCE OF RAIN CHRISTMAS AFTERNOON AND NIGHT.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LESS THAN A
                    TENTH OF AN INCH OF RAINFALL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....53.
MIN HUMIDITY........80 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 3-7 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. AN INCREASING CHANCE OF SHOWERS OVERNIGHT
                    THEN RAIN LIKELY BY EARLY MORNING WEDNESDAY.
                    ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF AROUND A HALF OF AN INCH.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....46.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 3-7 MPH.


FORECASTER...HARTY
$$REQUESTED BY...JAY MANNING
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20101221.VISAL.01/HNX