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SPOT FORECAST FOR CEDAR VALLEY...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
800 PM PST TUE JAN 18 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0600 PST ON JANUARY 19.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ALONG THE WEST COAST
WILL SHIFT FARTHER WEST TODAY AS A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE DROPS
SOUTH THROUGH THE GREAT BASIN. THIS WILL BRING SLIGHTLY COOLER
TEMPERATURES AND A WEAK OFFSHORE FLOW OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND
DESERT WITH SOME CLEARING OF THE STRATUS AND FOG IN THE SAN JOAQUIN
VALLEY. THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD BACK INTO CALIFORNIA
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.


.WEDNESDAY...

MAX TEMPERATURE.....40-43 AT IGNITION...MAX 58-61.
MIN HUMIDITY........81-84 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 43-45 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH WINDS 1-3 MPH EARLY IN THE EARLY MORNING
                    BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 3-6 MPH BY 1100 PST.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHWEST TO NORTH 4-7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......100 FEET AGL AT IGNITION...RISING TO A MAX OF
                    1000 FEET AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 6 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

MIN TEMPERATURE.....37-40.
MAX HUMIDITY........87-90 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST WINDS 3-5 MPH EARLY IN THE EARLY EVENING
                    SHIFTING TO DOWNSLOPE 1-3 MPH AFTER 2200 PST.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHEAST TO EAST 2-5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO NEAR 100 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 4 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

MAX TEMPERATURE.....61-64.
MIN HUMIDITY........41-43 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE 2-4 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING SHIFTING
                    TO UPSLOPE 4-6 MPH BY AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTH TO NORTHEAST 5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 2000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 8 MPH.


.EXTENDED OUTLOOK FOR FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR EACH DAY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....LITTLE CHANGE IN TEMPERATURES.
MIN HUMIDITY........MINIMUM RH DOWN 1-3 PERCENT EACH DAY.
20-FOOT WINDS...
   SLOPES...........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 3-6 MPH.
   RIDGES...........NORTH TO NORTHEAST 5-10 MPH.


FORECASTER...MOLINA

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REQUESTED BY...NOAH CHING
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110119.CEDAR.01/HNX