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SPOT FORECAST FOR VISALIA FLOOD...VISALIA FIRE DEPARTMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
728 AM PST THU DEC 23 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0720 PST ON DECEMBER 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...DRY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL TODAY AND FRIDAY AS A WEAK
RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OVER CENTRAL CALIFORNIA. A COLD FRONT
WILL BRING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS TO THE DISTRICT BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON
WITH RAIN BECOMING LIKELY SATURDAY NIGHT...THEN DIMINISHING SHOWERS
ON SUNDAY. RAINFALL ESTIMATES FOR THE WEEKEND STORM ARE CURRENTLY
0.50" TO 0.75" WITH MOST OF THE RAINFALL OCCURRING SATURDAY NIGHT.
DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RETURN FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PATCHY FOG IN THE MORNING. MOSTLY CLOUDY BECOMING
                    MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....55.
MIN HUMIDITY........80 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE 1-3 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE EVENING. AREAS OF FOG
                    DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT...LOCALLY DENSE.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....41.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE 0-2 MPH.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........AREAS OF FOG IN THE MORNING...LOCALLY DENSE.
                    BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY BY AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....55.
MIN HUMIDITY........80 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE 1-3 MPH.


FORECASTER...HARTY
$$REQUESTED BY...JAY MANNING
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20101223.VISAL.01/HNX