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SPOT FORECAST FOR MCDIARMID ADMIN HAND PILES...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
658 AM PST WED FEB 2 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0930 PST ON FEBRUARY 02.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN UPPER RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN ANCHORED
ALONG THE WEST COAST PROVIDING DRY WEATHER AND AN OFFSHORE FLOW TO
THE BURN AREA. GUSTY NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE
RIDGE AND EXPOSED AREAS THIS MORNING. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE DURING
THE AFTERNOON WITH LESS WIND EXPECTED ON THURSDAY.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 53-57.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 27-32 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHEAST TO EAST 1-4 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY BY NOON.
                    BY AFTERNOON BECOMING LIGHT LATE BY AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHEAST 6-12 MPH. GUSTS TO 18 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 26-29.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 62-67 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 1-3 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTH TO NORTHEAST 3-8 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 57-62.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 28-33 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 1-4 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHEAST 3-8 MPH.


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