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SPOT FORECAST FOR CHINA 260029...FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
740 PM PST SUN FEB 13 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0930 PST ON FEBRUARY 14.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THE WEATHER PATTERN IS EXPECTED
TODAY AS A DISTURBANCE INTRODUCES PRECIP TO THE BURN SITE. THIS
DISTURBANCE WILL BE PART OF A SERIES OF STORM SYSTEMS THAT WILL BRING
ADDITIONAL RAIN TO THE AREA FOR MUCH OF THE COMING WEEK. THE STRONGEST
STORM WILL ARRIVE ON WEDNESDAY WITH COLD TEMPERATURES AND LOW SNOW
LEVELS. GUSTY WINDS ALSO CAN BE EXPECTED.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN DURING THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....45-47 AT IGNITION...MAX 57-59.
MIN HUMIDITY........50-52 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 33-35 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH TO NORTHWEST 1-3 MPH IN THE MORNING...
                    SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST 4-9 MPH AFTER
                    1000 PST. WINDS INCREASING TO SOUTHEAST 7-12 MPH
                    AFTER 1400 PST WITH GUSTS TO 16 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....36-38.
MAX HUMIDITY........80-82  PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 6-12 MPH DURING THE EVENING...DECREASING
                    TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 4-8 MPH AFTER 2300 PST.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. PERIODS OF RAIN.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....53-55.
MIN HUMIDITY........47-49 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH.


FORECASTER...MOLINA

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