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SPOT FORECAST FOR LION...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
744 PM PDT MON JUL 11 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1814 PDT ON JULY 11.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH DEEPENING OVER CALIFORNIA THIS
WEEK WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE A HEALTHY ONSHORE FLOW WITH A DAY
TO DAY COOLING TREND AND SLIGHTLY HIGHER HUMIDITIES OVER THE
BURN SITE FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....71-74.
MIN HUMIDITY........21-26 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 10-12 MPH BY 1400 PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 MPH.


.TUESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....45-47.
MAX HUMIDITY........71-76 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 4-8 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING
                    BECOMING DOWNSLOPE 1-3 MPH BY 2100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 6-8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO 1000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 3 MPH.


.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....69-72.
MIN HUMIDITY........24-29 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...SOUTH 5 MPH IN THE MORNING...INCREASING TO
                    WEST 10-12 MPH BY 1400 PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 MPH.


FORECASTER...VASQUEZ
$$REQUESTED BY...JAY ENNS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110711.LION_.01/HNX