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SPOT FORECAST FOR LION...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
742 AM PDT SAT JUL 16 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1935 PDT ON JULY 15.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A DRY SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL PREVAIL OVER
THE DISTRICT THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK AS AN UPPER LEVEL
TROUGH RESIDES ALONG THE WEST COAST. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN
BELOW NORMAL THROUGH MONDAY THEN RECOVER TO SEASONABLE LEVELS
TUESDAY. HUMIDITIES WILL TREND SLIGHTLY LOWER EACH DAY THROUGH
THE PERIOD.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....69-71.
MIN HUMIDITY........27-30 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE 3-6 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 9 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 6-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO ABOUT 5000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 12 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....37-42.
MAX HUMIDITY........60-70 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE 3-5 MPH UNTIL 2000 PDT BECOMING
                    DOWNSLOPE 1-3 MPH BY 2200 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 5-10 MPH BECOMING NORTH 2-4 MPH BY
                    2300 PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO 500 FEET OR LESS AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 3 MPH.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72-75.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE LESS THAN 3 MPH BECOMING UPSLOPE
                    4-7 MPH BY 1100 PDT WITH GUSTS TO 12 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...EAST 2-4 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 7-13 MPH
                    BY 1300 PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO ABOUT 6500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 15 MPH.


FORECASTER...DUDLEY/DURFEE
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REQUESTED BY...JAY ENNS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110715.LION_.02/HNX