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SPOT FORECAST FOR LION...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
1028 PM PDT SAT JUL 9 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2045 PDT ON JULY 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A WEAK WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL BRING A DRIER AND
MORE STABLE AIRMASS INTO THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA THROUGH SUNDAY
NIGHT. HUMIDITIES WILL TREND SLIGHTLY LOWER WITH LITTLE DIURNAL
CHANGE IN TEMPERATURES. WINDS WILL BE MAINLY DIURNAL AND TERRAIN
DRIVEN DUE TO WEAK ONSHORE GRADIENTS.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-80.
MIN HUMIDITY........26 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST WINDS 2-5 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING
                    INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 4-8 MPH BY 1100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 5 MPH IN THE MORNING...INCREASING TO 12 MPH
                    BY 1400 PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 10 MPH.

.SUNDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....47-49.
MAX HUMIDITY........77 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST WINDS 4-8 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING
                    BECOMING DOWNSLOPE 1-3 MPH BY 2100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE... WEST 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO LESS THAN 1000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 4-5 MPH.


FORECASTER...VASQUEZ
$$REQUESTED BY...JAY ENNS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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