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SPOT FORECAST FOR SHERMAN FIRE...FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
1136 PM PDT MON JUL 4 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2124 PDT ON JULY 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN INFLUX OF MONSOONAL MOISTURE WILL PERSIST THROUGH
AT LEAST WEDNESDAY AND PROVIDE A BREEDING GROUND FOR THUNDERSTORMS
IN THE VICINITY OF THE FIRE...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING HOURS. IN ADDITION TO GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS...THERE IS A
GOOD CHANCE THAT THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING WETTING RAIN DURING THE
PERIOD.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY AND HUMID WITH A 20 PERCENT
                    CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....54.
MAX HUMIDITY........NEAR 100 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....EAST 1-3 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...EAST 7-12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 7 MPH.
LAL.................2.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF A
                    THUNDERSTORM IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO A
                    60 PERCENT CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM AFTER
                    1200 PDT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 68-72.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 42 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE 2-5 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...EAST TO SOUTHEAST 5-8 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    THEN VARIABLE 3-5 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON.
                    NOTE: WINDS WILL BE GUSTY AND ERRATIC IN THE
                    VICINITY OF AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO ABOUT 3500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 5 MPH.
LAL.................2 UNTIL 1200 PDT...THEN 3.


FORECASTER...DURFEE
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REQUESTED BY...CHRIS SCOTT
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110704.SHERM.01/HNX