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SPOT FORECAST FOR BALD...YNP
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
1212 AM PDT WED JUN 29 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1603 PDT ON JUNE 28.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TODAY AND BRING
A BRIEF PERIOD OF MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES AND HIGHER HUMIDITIES TO
THE FIRE AREA ALONG WITH SOME BREEZY CONDITIONS ON WEDNESDAY. THERE
IS A GOOD CHANCE FOR SHOWERS ON WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH A DECREASING
CHANCE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO
BE POSSIBLE. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN LATER IN THE WEEK FOR A
WARMING AND DRYING TREND FROM THURSDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE MORNING...THEN A
                    CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 50-53.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 62-67 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 4-8 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 12 MPH
                    IN THE MORNING...DECREASING TO WESTERLY 3-6 MPH
                    AFTER 1200 PDT. ***WINDS GUSTY AND ERRATIC IN THE
                    VICINITY OF ANY THUNDERSTORMS.***
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH SOUTHWEST 6-12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH IN
                    THE MORNING DECREASING TO 4-8 MPH AFTER 1200 PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 6000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 20 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING SOUTH TO
                    SOUTHWEST 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 41-44.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 75-80 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH NORTHEAST 2-4 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTH NORTHEAST 3-7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO AROUND 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH TO NORTHEAST 5 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 67-70.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 36-41 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE 2-5 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST NORTHWEST 3-6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 4000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST TO NORTHWEST 5 MPH.


FORECASTER...HARTY
$$REQUESTED BY...JOHN DAHLBERG
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110628.BALD_.01/HNX