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SPOT FORECAST FOR LION...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
1015 PM PDT SUN JUL 10 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1922 PDT ON JULY 10.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH DEVELOPING OFF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
COAST WILL BRING A WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT. THIS WILL RESULT IN CONTINUED
DRY CONDITIONS IN THE FIRE AREA WITH SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES.
WIND WILL BE MAINLY DIURNAL AND TERRAIN DRIVEN.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....77-80.
MIN HUMIDITY........12-17 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE 1-3 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING.
                    BECOMING UPSLOPE 1-3 MPH BY 0800 PDT...INCREASING
                    TO SOUTHWEST 4-8 MPH BY 1100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 5 MPH IN THE MORNING...INCREASING TO
                    WEST 12 MPH BY 1400 PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 MPH.

.MONDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....47-49.
MAX HUMIDITY........70-75 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 4-8 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING
                    BECOMING DOWNSLOPE 1-3 MPH BY 2100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 8-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO 1000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 3 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....74-77.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE 1-3 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING.
                    BECOMING UPSLOPE 1-3 MPH BY 0800 PDT...INCREASING
                    TO SOUTHWEST 4-9 MPH BY 1100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 5 MPH IN THE MORNING...INCREASING TO
                    WEST 12 MPH BY 1600 PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 MPH.

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