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SPOT FORECAST FOR CEDARBROOK...USFS-SQF-HLRD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
1110 PM PST MON FEB 14 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 PST ON FEBRUARY 15.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A PACIFIC STORM WILL MOVE INTO NORTH CALIFORNIA TUESDAY.
ADDITIONAL UPPER LEVEL WAVES WILL FOLLOW BRINGING A COUPLE OF DAYS
OF WET AND MOIST CONDITIONS TO THE SIERRA. THE ARRIVAL OF RAIN MAY
HOLD OFF UNTIL EARLY WEDNESDAY OVER THE FIRE AREA BUT BREEZY
CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY NIGHT. COLDER TEMPERATURES AND
LOWER SNOW LEVELS WILL REACH THE FIRE AREA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....56-58.
MIN HUMIDITY........49-52 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 40-42 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 3-7 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 6-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 2500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 6 MPH.

.TUESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. RAIN DEVELOPING LATE.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 40. MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 95 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 5-9 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH 12-15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 7 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. WETTING RAIN. TURNING TO SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 38.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 76 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 5-9 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING
                    INCREASING TO SOUTH 7-12 MPH BY AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE... SOUTH 15-20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 20 MPH.

FORECASTER...VASQUEZ
$$REQUESTED BY...MIKE PASILLAS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110215.CEDAR.01/HNX